Title :
On the double-grid excitation of linear and nonlinear ion-acoustic waves
Author :
Chang, Hong-Yeh ; Lien, Choung ; Seyhoonzadeh, Amir ; Forsling, Peter ; Lonngren, Karl E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA, USA
fDate :
2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A series of experiments has been performed in which the mechanism for the excitation of linear and nonlinear ion-acoustic waves from a structure consisting of two large parallel fine-mesh grid structures are considered. It is observed that the structure will launch a burst of ions through a velocity modulation mechanism if the two grids are sufficiently close together. A klystron-bunching model that was proposed previously appears to be valid for this launching mechanism
Keywords :
plasma waves; solitons; double-grid excitation; excitation; ion burst; klystron-bunching model; large parallel fine-mesh grid structures; launching mechanism; linear ion-acoustic waves; nonlinear ion-acoustic waves; velocity modulation mechanism; Astronomy; Cities and towns; Klystrons; Microwave propagation; Physics; Plasma temperature; Plasma waves; Solitons; Tellurium; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
