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Excitation and propagation of lower-hybrid waves in a bounded, inhomogeneous plasma

Journal Article · · Phys. Fluids; (United States)
OSTI ID:7355884
Parametric instabilities excited in nonuniform plasmas by spatially localized pump fields oscillating near the local low-hybrid frequency are analaytically 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:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
OSTI ID:
7355884
Journal Information:
Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 19:8; ISSN PFLDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English