Observation of an induced-scattering instability driven by static field asymmetries in a pure electron plasma
- 12 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (15) , 1675-1678
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.1675
Abstract
We show experimentally that the presence of static field asymmetries can affect the stability of a confined pure electron plasma. A new induced-scattering instability is observed whose threshold and growth rate depend on the amplitude of static field asymmetries. The presence of the instability is associated with a twelvefold enhancement of radial plasma transport. The qualitative features of this instability are found to be in agreement with recent theoretical work.Keywords
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