Kinetic theory of two-plasmon decay

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6040823

Powers, L V

Tha main goal of this work has been to extend the theory of the two-plasmon decay instability to the high temperature regimes often accessed in current laser fusion experiments. We derived the coupled mode equations for the two-plasmon decay instability from the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. This formulation allowed us to calculate high temperature corrections to the Langmuir wave coupling strength as well as linear Landau damping. In addition, the non-resonant coupling of a Langmuir wave and a thermal electron having a velocity equal to the phase velocity of the difference mode is described by this formulation.

• Research Organization: KMS Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-82DP40152
• OSTI ID: 6040823
• Report Number(s): KMSF-U-1529; ON: DE85005874
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
COUPLING
DAMPING
DECAY INSTABILITY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
HOMOGENEOUS PLASMA
INSTABILITY
KINETIC EQUATIONS
LANDAU DAMPING
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMONS
QUASI PARTICLES