Electron Acceleration during Resonant Absorption
- 17 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 39 (16) , 997-1000
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.39.997
Abstract
When an oscillating electric field is applied along a plasma density gradient, an enhanced field is resonantly excited where the electron plasma frequency approximately equals the frequency of the applied field. The measured, time-averaged distribution function of the electrons accelerated by the enhanced field in a plasma-filled capacitor includes a high-energy component that agrees with calculations.Keywords
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