ELECTROSTATIC ION CYCLOTRON WAVES AND ION ENERGY DIFFUSION IN A MIRROR MACHINE
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Le Journal de Physique Colloques
- Vol. 38 (C6) , C6-121
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1977612
Abstract
Measurements of ion cyclotron fluctuations and ion energy diffusion in the neutral beam injected 2XIIB mirror machine are presented. A narrow band single mode spectrum is always observed. When the plasma is de-stabilized by turning off axially injected streaming plasma, the wave amplitude increases and a simultaneous increase in ion-energy diffusion is observed. The spectral properties of the wave do not change. The data are in accord with a wave particle saturation of the drift cyclotron loss cone (DCLC) mode.Keywords
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