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Relaxation of initial perturbation and Landau damping in an inhomogeneous plasma

Journal Article · · JETP Lett. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6682963
The relaxation of plasma oscillations in a weakly inhomogeneous anisotropic collisionless plasma is considered. The damping of the Langmuir waves is investigated in detail. The Landau-damping decrement increases exponentially with time, owing to the linear growth of the characteristic wave vector with time.
Research Organization:
Institute of Physics Problems, USSR Academy of Sciences
OSTI ID:
6682963
Journal Information:
JETP Lett. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: JETP Lett. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 27:8; ISSN JTPLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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