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Applications of the wave kinetic approach: from laser wakefields to drift wave turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2010

R. M. G. M. TRINES ,
R. BINGHAM ,
L. O. SILVA ,
J. T. MENDONÇA ,
P. K. SHUKLA ,
C. D. MURPHY ,
M. W. DUNLOP ,
J. A. DAVIES ,
R. BAMFORD  and
A. VAIVADS
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R. M. G. M. TRINES
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
R. BINGHAM
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
L. O. SILVA
Affiliation:
GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
J. T. MENDONÇA
Affiliation:
GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
P. K. SHUKLA
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
C. D. MURPHY
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
M. W. DUNLOP
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
J. A. DAVIES
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
R. BAMFORD
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
A. VAIVADS
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
P. A. NORREYS
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK ([email protected])
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Abstract

Nonlinear wave-driven processes in plasmas are normally described by either a monochromatic pump wave that couples to other monochromatic waves, or as a random phase wave coupling to other random phase waves. An alternative approach involves a random or broadband pump coupling to monochromatic and/or coherent structures in the plasma. This approach can be implemented through the wave-kinetic model. In this model, the incoming pump wave is described by either a bunch (for coherent waves) or a sea (for random phase waves) of quasi-particles. This approach has been applied to both photon acceleration in laser wakefields and drift wave turbulence in magnetized plasma edge configurations. Numerical simulations have been compared to experiments, varying from photon acceleration to drift mode-zonal flow turbulence, and good qualitative correspondences have been found in all cases.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 76 , Special Issue 6: Advances in Photon Physics , December 2010 , pp. 903 - 914
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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