Effect of trapping on breaking of large-amplitude plasma oscillations
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 26 (10) , 3004-3007
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864023
Abstract
The effect of trapping on the wave-breaking amplitude of Langmuir oscillations is discussed in a homogeneous system on the basis of a phenomenological description of trapped particles. The significant effect of trapping is to steepen the wave profile and to enhance the wave-breaking amplitude of the electric field.Keywords
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