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Energetic particle acceleration and transport by Alfvén/acoustic waves in tokamak-like Solar flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2011

Martin Obergaulinger
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, D-85741 Garching, Germany email: mobergaulinger@mpa-garching.mpg.de
Manuel García-Muñoz
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstraße 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany email: mgmunoz@ipp.mpg.de
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Abstract

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Alfven/acoustic waves are ubiquitous in astrophysical as well as in laboratory plasmas. Their interplay with energetic ions is of crucial importance to understanding the energy and particle exchange in astrophysical plasmas as well as to obtaining a viable energy source in magnetically confined fusion devices. In magnetically confined fusion plasmas, an experimental phase-space characterisation of convective and diffusive energetic particle losses induced by Alfven/acoustic waves allows for a better understanding of the underlying physics. The relevance of these results in the problem of the anomalous heating of the solar corona is checked by MHD simulations of Tokamak-like Solar flare tubes.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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