Flow-shear-induced Compton scattering of electron drift instability

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physics of Fluids B; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860153· OSTI ID:7153418

Hahm, T S ^[1]

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1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)

Plasma flow-shear effects on nonlinear saturation of electron drift waves are analyzed in the weak turbulence regime. Flow shear can enhance ion Compton scattering of long-wavelength electron drift waves not only by modifying the beat wave--ion resonance condition, but also via the radial dependence of linear susceptibility. A nonlinear dispersion relation is obtained as a solution of the radially nonlocal nonlinear eigenmode equation. At nonlinear saturation, the spectral intensity of the fluctuations scales with flow shear as ({partial derivative}{ital V}{sub 0{var phi}}/{partial derivative}{ital r}){sup {minus}2} in addition to the linear dependence on the linear growth rate, and decays according to a power law {ital k}{sub {theta}}{sup {minus}1}.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 7153418
• Journal Information: Physics of Fluids B; (United States), Vol. 4:9; ISSN 0899-8221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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