Frequency shift of a nonlinear plasma wave and its initial damping
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 19 (12) , 1952-1957
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861412
Abstract
For large wave amplitudes, the frequency shift of a nonlinear plasma wave and its initial exponential damping are found to be approximately proportional to the square of the initial wave amplitude. Extensive Vlasov computations are in essential agreement with recent experimental results for wavenumber shifts and initial nonlinear dampings obtained at large amplitudes.Keywords
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