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Title: Kinetic simulations and reduced modeling of longitudinal sideband instabilities in non-linear electron plasma waves

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896753· OSTI ID:1165757
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  1. Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Association Euratom-Confédération Suisse, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, (Switzerland)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Kinetic Vlasov simulations of one-dimensional finite amplitude Electron Plasma Waves are performed in a multi-wavelength long system. A systematic study of the most unstable linear sideband mode, in particular its growth rate γ and quasi- wavenumber δk, is carried out by scanning the amplitude and wavenumber of the initial wave. Simulation results are successfully compared against numerical and analytical solutions to the reduced model by Kruer et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 838 (1969)] for the Trapped Particle Instability (TPI). A model recently suggested by Dodin et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 215006 (2013)], which in addition to the TPI accounts for the so-called Negative Mass Instability because of a more detailed representation of the trapped particle dynamics, is also studied and compared with simulations.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344; project tracking code 12-ERD-061
OSTI ID:
1165757
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 10; ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 23 works
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