On Particle Transport and Radiation Production in Sub-Larmor-Scale Electromagnetic Turbulence

TL;DR

This paper explores how relativistic particles interact with sub-Larmor-scale magnetic turbulence, linking particle transport to radiation spectra and offering diagnostic tools for plasma analysis.

Contribution

It establishes a direct relation between pitch angle diffusion and radiation spectra in small deflection regimes, advancing understanding of turbulence effects.

Findings

Diffusion coefficient relates to radiation spectrum in small deflection regime

Radiation spectrum reveals statistical properties of magnetic turbulence

Transition from jitter to synchrotron radiation depends on turbulence scale

Abstract

The relation of particle transport of relativistic particles in plasmas with high-amplitude isotropic sub-Larmor-scale magnetic turbulence to the spectra of radiation simultaneously produced by these particles is investigated both analytically and numerically. We have found that in the asymptotic regime of very small particle deflections the pitch angle diffusion coefficient is directly related to the spectrum of the emitted radiation. Moreover, this spectrum provides much information about the statistical properties of the underlying magnetic turbulence. The transition from small- to large-scale jitter to synchrotron radiation regimes as a function of turbulence properties has also been explored. These results can readily be used to diagnose laboratory and astrophysical plasmas.