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Stationary nonlinear interaction between high- and low-frequency waves and the generation of density cavities in a plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

K. Baumgärtel  and
K. Sauer
K. Baumgärtel
Affiliation:
Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Zentralinstitut für Elektronenphysik, 1199 Berlin, Rudower Chaussee
K. Sauer
Affiliation:
Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Zentralinstitut für Elektronenphysik, 1199 Berlin, Rudower Chaussee
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Abstract

The nonlinear interaction of a high-frequency wave (transverse or longitudinal) and an ion-acoustic wave in a homogeneous plasma is investigated. The waves are assumed to be simultaneously excited by two localized external sinusoidal disturbances with frequencies ω0 and ωS in the plasma. From the coupled wave equations a system of ordinary differential equations for the spatial change of the amplitudes of the interacting waves (including the primary frequencies ω0, ωS and the mixed frequencies ω0±ωS) and a zero-frequency density disturbance is derived. The spatial development of the high-frequency amplitudes is characterized by localized regions of high intensities, coupled with local depressions of the plasma density. The influence of the initial amplitudes and the frequencies ω0, ωS on the maximum of the primary high-frequency amplitude and the ‘cavity’ depth is shown. The numerical results are compared with conclusions from a simplified model of three resonantly interacting normal modes.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 185 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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