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Nonlinear Trivelpiece--Gould waves: Recurrence, harmonic cascade, and sidebands

Journal Article · · Physics of Fluids B; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860975· OSTI ID:7056446
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  1. Centro de Electrodinamica, Instituto Superior Tecnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex (Portugal)
A theoretical and experimental study of Trivelpiece--Gould waves propagating in a magnetized plasma column is presented in this paper. In the experiments, these waves are excited by a radio frequency (rf) source, which also serves to create the plasma. Observation of nonlinear effects includes space and time recurrence effects, a wave spectrum containing a large number (up to 25) harmonics, and low-frequency sidebands. The theoretical model explains the recurrence effects as a consequence of multiple nonlinear interactions between the fundamental wave and its harmonics. A good agreement is found between theory and the experiments.
OSTI ID:
7056446
Journal Information:
Physics of Fluids B; (United States), Journal Name: Physics of Fluids B; (United States) Vol. 5:3; ISSN 0899-8221; ISSN PFBPEI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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