Collisional relaxation of the r.f.-formed plateau of a distribution function
Autor: | I Shkarofsky, M Shoucri |
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Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Zdroj: | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 33:1103-1107 |
ISSN: | 1361-6587 0741-3335 |
DOI: | 10.1088/0741-3335/33/9/007 |
Popis: | The relaxation due to Coulomb collision of the plateau of the electron distribution function in the post-r.f. phase, after the lower hybrid r.f. power has been removed, is investigated numerically. The authors show that in the process of this collisional relaxation, a positive slope is formed to the distribution function. This offers a mechanism by which plasma waves can be excited during the relaxation process, via the Cerenkov resonance interaction in the velocity region with the positive slope. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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