Published November 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Suppression of the drift-cyclotron instability by lower-hybrid-drift turbulence

  • 1. Plasma Research Institute, Science Applications, Inc., Boulder, Colorado 80302

Description

The nonlinear interaction of the drift cyclotron and lower-hybrid-drift modes is examined. A renormalized equation for the drift cyclotron ion response is derived and solved. Lower-hybrid-drift modes comprise the turbulent background. For levels of lower-hybrid-drift turbulence of ePhi/T/sub i/approx.(m/sub e//m/sub i/)/sup 1/2/(rho/sub i//L)/sup 3/4/, the growth rate of the drift cyclotron mode begins to be reduced by ion cyclotron resonance broadening, which is the dominant nonlinear effect

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Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
11
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
2005-2011
ISSN
0031-9171