Autoresonant Phase-Space Holes in Plasmas

Journal Article · Fri Jun 09 04:00:00 EDT 2006 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.225001· OSTI ID:20775268

Friedland, L; Khain, P ^[1]; Shagalov, A G ^[2]

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1. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel)
2. Institute of Metal Physics, Ekaterinburg 620219 (Russian Federation)

Electron phase-space holes are formed and controlled in a plasma by adiabatic nonlinear phase locking (autoresonance) with a chirped frequency driving wave. The process has a threshold on the driving amplitude and involves dragging a void region in phase space into the bulk of the distribution via persistent Cherenkov-type resonance.

• OSTI ID: 20775268
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 96; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ELECTRONS
HOLES
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PHASE SPACE
PLASMA
RESONANCE