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Autoresonant (nonstationary) Excitation of the {ell} = 1 Diocotron Mode

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OSTI ID:783898
The autoresonant (nonlinear phase locking) manipulation of the diocotron mode in a non-neutral plasma is investigated. Autoresonance is a very general phenomena in driven nonlinear oscillator and wave systems. By sweeping or chirping the drive frequency, autoresonance allows the amplitude of a nonlinear wave to be controlled without the use of feedback. The experimental results, including a novel scaling relation, are in excellent agreement with a simple theoretical model.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA (US); Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (IL)
Sponsoring Organization:
none (US)
OSTI ID:
783898
Report Number(s):
none; ISBN 1-56396-913-0; ISSN 0094-243X; CODEN APCPCS; ISBN 1-56396-913-0; ISSN 0094-243X; CODEN APCPCS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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