Stochastic Plasma-Heating by Electrostatic-Waves - a Comparison between a Particle-in-Cell Simulation and a Laboratory Experiment

Fivaz, M.Fasoli, A.Appert, K.Skiff, F.Tran, T. M.Tran, M. Q.2008-04-162008-04-162008-04-16199310.1016/0375-9601(93)90420-5https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/21238Dynamical 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.Stochastic Plasma-Heating by Electrostatic-Waves - a Comparison between a Particle-in-Cell Simulation and a Laboratory Experimenttext::journal::journal article::research article