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Excitation of the l=3 diocotron mode in a pure electron plasma by means of a rotating electric field

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3086619· OSTI ID:21190051
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica and I.N.F.N. Sezione di Milano, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano (Italy)
The l=3 diocotron mode in an electron plasma confined in a Malmberg-Penning trap has been resonantly excited by means of a rotating electric field applied on an azimuthally four-sectored electrode. The experimental observations are interpreted with a theory based on the linearization of the drift-Poisson equations and by means of two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. The experimental technique presented in this paper is able to selectively excite different diocotron perturbations and can be efficiently used for electron or positron plasma control and manipulation.
OSTI ID:
21190051
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 105; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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