Open AccessEnhancement of particle-wave energy exchange by resonance sweeping
Author(s) -
H L Berk,
B N Breizman
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/197164
Subject(s) - dissipation , instability , resonance (particle physics) , physics , wave–particle duality , energy exchange , particle (ecology) , phase space , saturation (graph theory) , phase (matter) , energy (signal processing) , atomic physics , mechanics , quantum mechanics , geology , oceanography , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , combinatorics
When the resonance condition of the particle-wave interaction is varied adiabatically, the particles trapped in a wave are found to form phase space holes or clumps that enhance the particle-wave energy exchange. This mechanism can cause increased saturation levels of instabilities and even allow the free energy associated with instability to be tapped in a system in which background dissipation suppresses linear instability