Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Electromagnetic strong plasma turbulence

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2472293· OSTI ID:20974816
; ;  [1]
  1. School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 (Australia)
The first large-scale simulations of continuously driven, two-dimensional electromagnetic strong plasma turbulence are performed, for electron thermal speeds 0.01c{<=}v{<=}0.57c, by integrating the Zakharov equations for coupled Langmuir and transverse (T) waves near the plasma frequency. Turbulence scalings and wave number spectra are calculated, a transition is found from a mix of trapped and free T eigenstates for v{>=}0.1c to just free eigenstates for v{<=}0.1c, and wave energy densities are observed to undergo slow quasiperiodic oscillations.
OSTI ID:
20974816
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 14; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English