Plasma Theory and Simulation.
Abstract
The study of the lower-hybrid drift instability has been expanded from one dimensional simulation using a hybrid ES1 code two dimensional simulation which allows us to study the nonlocal effects and the diffusion phenomena using the EZOHAR code. Similar to the one dimensional simulation, a slab shape is assumed and the equilibria are functions of x only. The drift velocity is in the y direction and the magnetic field is in the z direction. The simulations are carried out in the x-y plane. In our previous one dimensional simulations, ions were treated as fully nonlinear particles and electrons only appeared in a linear electron susceptibility. Now both ions and electrons are fully nonlinear particle; therefore, all the electron nonlinearities can be studied. We still restrict our simulation to a zero-beta plasma. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA093381
Entities
People
- Charles K. Birdsall
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley