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Nonlinear dynamics of low-frequency drift waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. Beckmann ,
P. Frank  and
G. Himmel
M. Beckmann
Affiliation:
Institute für Experimentalphysik II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
P. Frank
Affiliation:
Institute für Experimentalphysik II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
G. Himmel
Affiliation:
Institute für Experimentalphysik II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Abstract

The nonlinear behaviour of unstable drift waves in magnetized plasmas is analysed analytically. Most attention is paid to low-frequency waves created in electron density and temperature gradients of opposite sign. This situation is typically encountered in radiofrequency-produced discharges. The model developed explains nonlinear features such as mode competition, amplitude saturation and magnetic field hysteresis, which are observed experimentally.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 3 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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