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Laboratory Study of Nonlinear Trapping of Magnetized Langmuir Waves Inside a Density Depletion

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science, 46 Ulyanov Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation)
The formation of a small-scale plasma density depletion region extended along the ambient magnetic field and caused by the nonlinear interaction of the upper-hybrid plasma waves with a magnetoplasma has been observed under laboratory conditions modeling the ionospheric heating experiments. Plasma waves are trapped inside the depletion due to their specific dispersion properties. The threshold of the nonlinear wave trapping significantly increases in the vicinity of the harmonics of the electron gyrofrequency.
OSTI ID:
20951354
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 98; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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