Nonlinear Development of the Negative-Mass Instability and ITS Effect on Intense Microwave Generation,

Abstract

The nonlinear development of of the negative-mass instability is investigated for a thin E-layer (Delta << R sub 0) located inside a cylindrical waveguide. A quasilinear analysis shows that the instability saturates by the development of an energy spread and a corresponding increase in thickness Delta of the E-layer. The efficiency of microwave generation by this instability is also calculated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA070599

Entities

People

  • H. Uhm
  • R. C. Davidson
  • Y. Goren

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Efficiency
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Instability
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Maryland
  • Microwaves
  • Radiation
  • Thickness
  • Universities
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics