Nonlinear field line random walk for non-Gaussian statistics

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作者
Shalchi, A. [1 ,2 ]
le Roux, J. A. [1 ]
Webb, G. M. [1 ]
Zank, G. P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alabama, CSPAR, Huntsville, AL 35805 USA
[2] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Inst Theoret Phys, Lehrstuhl Weltraum & Astrophys 4, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
PERPENDICULAR DIFFUSION; COSMIC-RAYS; TRANSPORT; COMPOUND;
D O I
10.1088/1751-8113/42/34/345501
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We investigate analytically the randomwalk of magnetic field lines. In previous articles about this subject, a Gaussian model has been used for replacing the field line distribution function. Here we employ a Kappa distribution to investigate the influence of a non-Gaussian statistics. As shown, only the amplitude of the field line mean square deviation and the field line diffusion coefficient are different from the Gaussian model if we assume kappa > 2. It seems that the exact form of the field line distribution is less important for computing field line diffusion coefficients in this case. This conclusion confirms previous investigations performed within the framework of a Gaussian statistics.
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