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

Brunner, S.; Berger, R. L.; Cohen, B. I.; Hausammann, L.; Valeo, E. J.

doi:10.1063/1.4896753

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

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896753· OSTI ID:1165757

Brunner, S. ^[1]; Berger, R. L. ^[2]; Cohen, B. I. ^[2]; Hausammann, L. ^[1]; Valeo, E. J. ^[3]

Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Association Euratom-Confédération Suisse, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, (Switzerland)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1165757

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22299647

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 21; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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