Published April 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

On a ballistic method for double layer regeneration in a Vlasov--Poisson plasma

  • 1. National Institute for Fusion Science, Nagoya 464-01 (Japan)

Description

Double layers generated by a current-driven instability are usually alive for only a short time and destroyed by emitting solitons and other nonlinear waves. It is analytically shown that they can be regenerated in a one-dimensional Vlasov--Poisson plasma system where the upstream velocity distribution is swiftly heated to restore an unstable condition in the downstream region due to ballistic deformation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Fluids B
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1057-1065.
ISSN
0899-8221
CODEN
PFBPEI