Numerical Modeling of Electron Acceleration in Ionospheric Plasma Taking Into Account Collisions in the Langmuir Turbulence Layer

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 2026

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Authors: W. Yang, Nurken E. Aktaev, Hui Li, Zhongxiang Zhou, Anatoly A. Kudryavtsev, Dewei Gong, Chengxun Yuan
DOI: 10.1109/tps.2025.3647638
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References: 27

Abstract

The theoretical study of electron acceleration in ionospheric plasma within a Langmuir turbulence layer is presented. Most studies describe electron acceleration using a collisionless model based on a simplified kinetic equation. Our study validates the collisionless approach and proposes a model for accounting for the collisional effects of accelerating electrons with plasma particles. The proposed model is based on stochastic Langevin differential equations. It is shown that, as the size of the caviton region increases, the importance of taking collisions into account for adequately modeling the acceleration processes increases.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Publication details

Journal / source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume
54
Issue
4
Pages
1328–1331
Publication date
16 January 2026