Published October 15, 1988
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Journal article
Hot-electron production due to the ion acoustic decay instability in a long underdense plasma
- 1. Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616
Description
Laboratory and particle simulation experiments are used to show that moderate-power microwaves (laser light) [Iλ2/T/sub e/(W/cm2)(μm2/keV)approx. <5 x 10/sup 14/ for ZT/sub e//T/sub <u/ = 10] strongly heat hot electrons due to parametric instabilities in an underdense plasma, when the microwaves are incident on a large-scale-length plasma. The anomalous collision frequency is as high as ν/sup *//ω0∼4 x 10/sup -2/. The hot electrons are strongly heated due to the large size of the instability region
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review, A
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Phys. Rev., A.
- Journal Page Range
- 4344-4347
- ISSN
- 0556-2791
- CODEN
- PLRAA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20000764
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; DECAY INSTABILITY; ELECTRONS; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; LASER-RADIATION HEATING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTI-PARAMETER ANALYSIS; PLASMA; PLASMA HEATING
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HEATING; INSTABILITY; ION WAVES; LEPTONS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA WAVES; RADIATIONS