Title :
Nonlinear waves in a plasma cylinder
Author :
Yu, Ming Y. ; Stenflo, Lennart
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Ruhr Univ., Bochum, Germany
fDate :
8/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Nonlinear electron plasma waves in a cold plasma bounded by a cylindrical dielectric are investigated using the exact electron fluid equations. After the spatial wave structure is determined, a set of nonlinear equations governing the temporal behavior of the field quantities is solved. It is shown that finite amplitude waves and explosively unstable behavior can occur
Keywords :
plasma waves; bounded plasma; cold plasma; cylindrical dielectric; electron fluid equations; explosively unstable behavior; field quantities; finite amplitude waves; nonlinear electron plasma waves; nonlinear equations; plasma cylinder; spatial wave structure; temporal behavior; Dielectrics; Electrons; Nonlinear equations; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Plasma waves; Poisson equations;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on