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Parametric lower-hybrid instability driven by modulated electron beam injection

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6635856· OSTI ID:6635856
A modulated electron beam is injected into a low ..beta.. plasma parallel to the confining field to investigate the energy-transfer-rate from the electron beam to the plasma. Parametric excitation of electrostatic lower-hybrid waves and ion cyclotron quasimodes is experimentally identified. The temperature of both ions and electrons is observed to increase significantly concomitant with the growth of the instability.
Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-02-3073
OSTI ID:
6635856
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1460
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English