Ion Acoustic Parametric Decay Instabilities with Strong Ion Landau Damping

Abstract

Collective plasma phenomena similar to those occurring in the ionosphere upon incidence of intense electromagnetic waves have been studied in laboratory Q-machine plasmas. In particular, the ion acoustic parametric decay instability, of special interest with regard to the ionosphere, has been studied since it causes strongly enhanced absorption of electromagnetic waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0773852

Entities

People

  • H. W. Hendel
  • J. T. Flick

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Frequencies
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Contracts
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Dispersions
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Measurement
  • Parametric Instability
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plasma Waves
  • Steady State
  • Ultrasounds
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics