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Explosive instabilities in a cold beam plasma system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. A. Kerst  and
M. Raether
R. A. Kerst
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Coordinated Science Laboratory, Univertsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
M. Raether
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Coordinated Science Laboratory, Univertsity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Abstract

Wave-wave coupling is investigated for spatially growing waves in a cold beam-cold plasma system. Numerical solutions of the wave coupling equations are obtained for various combinations of three waves as well as several interacting triplets of waves that are of experimental interest. It is found that most three wave interactions in this system are explosive if they involve the most unstable mode. The results are compared, where applicable, with analytic criteria for the unboundedness of the solutions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , December 1976 , pp. 335 - 351
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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