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Parametric excitation by magnetosonic waves in a multispecies plasma

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5793433
A magnetosonic pump wave propagating in a plasma with two ion species decays into two electrostatic ion-cyclotron modes at a threshold significantly less than those needed to excite parametric or modified two-stream instabilities in a single-species plasma when T/sub e//T/sub i/ > 1. The pump wave frequency must somewhat exceed the sum of the ion gyrofrequencies. 9 refs., 2 figs.
Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
5793433
Report Number(s):
MATT-1027; ON: DE88002060
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English