Published October 1972 | Version v1
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Instability of a large-amplitude plasma wave due to inverted trapped particle population

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. (USA)

Description

The large-amplitude plasma wave with a trapped-particle distribution monotonically increasing in energy is found to be unstable if the trapped-particle plasma frequency ω t = (4πn t e 2 / m ) ½ is greater than the bounce frequency ω b = ( e Ε 0 κ 0 / m ) ½ .

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1017/s0022377800007054;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Plasma Physics
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Plasma Phys.
Journal Page Range
169-174
ISSN
0022-3778

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
4062080
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION; BUMP-IN-TAIL INSTABILITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; LANGMUIR FREQUENCY; PLASMA WAVES; RESONANCE; TRAPPED-PARTICLE INSTABILITY
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; INSTABILITY; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES

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