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Title: Flux-driven algebraic damping of m=1 diocotron mode

Abstract

Recent experiments with pure electron plasmas in a Malmberg–Penning trap have observed the algebraic damping of m=1 diocotron modes. Transport due to small field asymmetries produces a low density halo of electrons moving radially outward from the plasma core, and the mode damping begins when the halo reaches the resonant radius r=Rw at the wall of the trap. The damping rate is proportional to the flux of halo particles through the resonant layer. The damping is related to, but distinct from, spatial Landau damping, in which a linear wave-particle resonance produces exponential damping. This work explains with analytic theory the new algebraic damping due to particle transport by both mobility and diffusion. As electrons are swept around the “cat's eye” orbits of the resonant wave-particle interaction, they form a dipole (m=1) density distribution. From this distribution, the electric field component perpendicular to the core displacement produces E×B-drift of the core back to the axis, that is, damps the m=1 mode. The parallel component produces drift in the azimuthal direction, that is, causes a shift in the mode frequency.

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  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
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Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1467839
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OSTI ID: 1263690
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0002451; PHY-1414570
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; diffusion; carrier density; kelvin helmholtz instability; Green's function methods; plasma transport properties; halo; electric fields; angular momentum; torque; solid hydrogen

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Chim, Chi Yung, and O'Neil, Thomas M. Flux-driven algebraic damping of m=1 diocotron mode. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4958317.
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@article{osti_1467839,
title = {Flux-driven algebraic damping of m=1 diocotron mode},
author = {Chim, Chi Yung and O'Neil, Thomas M.},
abstractNote = {Recent experiments with pure electron plasmas in a Malmberg–Penning trap have observed the algebraic damping of m=1 diocotron modes. Transport due to small field asymmetries produces a low density halo of electrons moving radially outward from the plasma core, and the mode damping begins when the halo reaches the resonant radius r=Rw at the wall of the trap. The damping rate is proportional to the flux of halo particles through the resonant layer. The damping is related to, but distinct from, spatial Landau damping, in which a linear wave-particle resonance produces exponential damping. This work explains with analytic theory the new algebraic damping due to particle transport by both mobility and diffusion. As electrons are swept around the “cat's eye” orbits of the resonant wave-particle interaction, they form a dipole (m=1) density distribution. From this distribution, the electric field component perpendicular to the core displacement produces E×B-drift of the core back to the axis, that is, damps the m=1 mode. The parallel component produces drift in the azimuthal direction, that is, causes a shift in the mode frequency.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4958317},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 7,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {7}
}
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