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Title: Generation of ponderomotive craters during high power microwave irradiation of plasma

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5584017· OSTI ID:5584017

Localized plasma density depressions or craters are observed to form near the mouth of a phased waveguide array, if the power flux exceeds approx. 0.3 kW/cm/sup 2/.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-3073
OSTI ID:
5584017
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1642; TRN: 80-007203
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English