Plasma Wave Turbulence and Particle Heating Caused by Electron Beams, Radiation and Pinches.
Abstract
The subject of research has been the theory of 'Plasma Wave Turbulence and Particle Heating Caused by Electron Beams, Radiation, and Pinches.' The period covered is the third stage of a comprehensive research program concerned with the nonlinear behavior of plasmas subjected to intensely energetic sources. One of the significant developments in plasma physics over the past decade has been the theoretical and experimental progress made in our understanding of nonlinear plasma wave evolution in response to external sources: A wide variety of radiation sources such as lasers, microwaves, and radar, and of electron beam sources, such as solar electron streams, and laboratory beams can excite plasma wave instabilities in target plasmas. the waves saturate into a turbulent spectrum, and may heat the plasma, accelerate plasma particles, and/or emit their own radiation. Such processes have been linked to inertial and magnetic controlled thermonuclear fusion schemes, radar communications in the earth's ionosphere, and Type III solar radio bursts. The phenomena also bear heavily on certain fundamental questions of plasma turbulence, such as wave collapse in phase space, electric-field envelope-soliton evolution, and the nature of the so-called 'strong turbulence.'
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA096560
Entities
People
- Martin V. Goldman
Organizations
- University of Colorado Boulder