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Anomalous slowing of a perpendicularly injected ion beam in both quasilinear and trapping regimes

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
The anomalous slowing of an ion beam injected perpendicularly to the confining magnetic field of a low-..beta.. plasma is experimentally verified in the nonlinear stages of the excited lower-hybrid instability. Furthermore, a transition of the main nonlinear mechanism from the quasilinear to the particle-trapping regime is demonstrated by varying beam parameters.
Research Organization:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
OSTI ID:
7081615
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 39:13; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English