Abstract
We present results of a computer simulation study of electron cyclotron harmonic waves. We model the initial electrons velocity distribution function as a hot ring perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field and a cold Maxwellian component. We identify nonlinear cyclotron resonance as the saturation mechanism of the unstable waves and as the heating mechanism of the cold electrons.
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