Title :
Time-series analysis of Langmuir bursts
Author :
Theisen, William L. ; Carpenter, R. Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH, USA
fDate :
4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The length of time between successive bursts of plasma frequency oscillations produced in an anode double layer was recorded. Time-series analysis methods were used to determine if the bursts occur randomly in time. It is found that the bursts do not occur randomly in time, implying an underlying time-series structure that can be analyzed using deterministic chaos methods
Keywords :
chaos; plasma Langmuir waves; plasma oscillations; time series; Langmuir bursts; Langmuir turbulence; anode double layer; anode double layers; deterministic chaos methods; emissive probe; high-potential regions; nonlinear plasma waves; nonrandom bursts; phase plane; phase space plot; plasma frequency oscillations; random burst occurrence; strong turbulence; time-series analysis; time-series structure; Anodes; Chaos; Electron beams; Frequency; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma simulation; Plasma waves; Probability distribution; Time series analysis;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
