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Nonlinear Effects Related to the Simultaneous Excitation of Three Instabiities in Magnetized Plasma
Author(s) -
Dimitriu D. G.,
Ionita C.,
Schrittwieser R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.201010159
Subject(s) - instability , physics , excitation , plasma , nonlinear system , magnetic field , atomic physics , cyclotron , relaxation (psychology) , two stream instability , electron , mechanics , quantum mechanics , psychology , social psychology
Experimental results are presented on the nonlinear effects related to the simultaneous excitation of three low‐frequency instabilities in the magnetized plasma column of a Q‐machine, namely the potential relaxation instability, the electrostatic ion‐cyclotron instability and the Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability. The influence of electron drift and magnetic field intensity on appearance, dynamics and mutual interaction of these instabilities was investigated (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)