research article
Stochastic Plasma-Heating by Electrostatic-Waves - a Comparison between a Particle-in-Cell Simulation and a Laboratory Experiment
1993
Dynamical chaos is produced by the interaction between plasma particles and two electrostatic waves. Experiments performed in a linear magnetized plasma and a ID particle-in-cell simulation agree qualitatively: above a threshold wave amplitude, ion stochastic diffusion and heating occur on a fast time scale. Self-consistency appears to limit the extent of the heating process.
Type
research article
Author(s)
Date Issued
1993
Published in
Volume
182
Issue
4-6
Start page
426
End page
432
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
Available on Infoscience
April 16, 2008
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