Multiple Excitation of Lower-Hybrid Drift Waves in the Neutral Sheet
- 7 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 47 (10) , 714-716
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.47.714
Abstract
A numerical simulation of the lower-hybrid drift instability is carried out in which an electric drift toward the neutral sheet is present. It is found that lower-hybrid drift waves, which are excited usually in a transient fashion and decay to a low level in a closed system, are reexcited and execute recurrent growth in the presence of particle drift toward the neutral sheet. Consequently, anomalous resistivity also exhibits a recurrent generation.Keywords
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