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Title: Nonlinear phenomena at ion cyclotron resonance in a plasma

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5663674

Theoretical and experimental work on nonlinear phenomena at ion cyclotron resonance in a plasma is reviewed. Questions associated with the nonlinear interaction of resonant ions with waves at ICR are discussed: stochastic cyclotron acceleration of particles by the waves in a nonuniform magnetic field, in particular, cyclotron heating in a tokamak; trapping of particles by waves; nonlinear resonance at half-integer harmonics of the cyclotron frequency; and autoresonant cyclotron acceleration of ions. The instabilities of a plasma in strong pump fields with frequencies near or on the order of the cyclotron frequency are discussed: the lower hybrid beam, ion acoustic, electron acoustic, ion-ion, and parametric ion cyclotron instabilities. Plasma turbulence which results from these instabilities and turbulent heating of the plasma are discussed.

Research Organization:
A. M. Gor'kii State University, Khar'kov
OSTI ID:
5663674
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 9:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English