Stabilization of Instabilities by Mode Coupling
- 1 September 1971
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 14 (9) , 2063-2065
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1693723
Abstract
The nonlinear interaction between unstable and damped ion acoustic waves is investigated numerically. Energy couples to damped waves, stabilizing the system. The manner of stabilization depends strongly on the functional dependence of the growth (or damping) rate on wavenumber.Keywords
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