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Annual progress report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5892543· OSTI ID:5892543
The research topics covered include a study of the nonlinear behavior of the drift cyclotron loss-cone instability in mirror machines and a study of the longer time behavior of the nonlinear O'Neil trapped particle saturation. The saturation amplitude for a single dominant mode near the stability onset boundary was determined for the drift cyclotron loss-cone instability for a variety of mirror-like distributions. The results are in good agreement with computer simulation studies of Cohen and Maron.
Research Organization:
Rochester Univ., NY (USA). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences
OSTI ID:
5892543
Report Number(s):
COO-3497-36
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English