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Parametric instabilities excited by localized pumps near the lower-hybrid frequency

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7183871· OSTI ID:7183871
Parametric instabilities excited in non-uniform plasmas by spatially localized pump fields oscillating near the local lower-hybrid frequency are analytically investigated. Corresponding threshold conditions, temporal growth rates, and spatial amplification factors are obtained for the oscillating-two-stream instability and the decay instabilities due to nonlinear electron and ion Landau dampings.
Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., N.J. (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
Sponsoring Organization:
US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
OSTI ID:
7183871
Report Number(s):
MATT-1239
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English