Anomalous Slowing of a Perpendicularly Injected Ion Beam in Both Quasilinear and Trapping Regimes

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 quasi-linear to the partic...

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Published in:Physical review letters 1977-09, Vol.39 (13), p.808-811
Main Authors: Yamada, Masaaki, Seiler, Steven W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary: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 quasi-linear to the particle-trapping regime is demonstrated by varying beam parameters.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.808