Turbulent Heating and Quenching of the Ion Sound Instability
- 3 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 32 (22) , 1231-1234
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.32.1231
Abstract
Turbulent heating and stabilization of the ion sound instability is investigated by two-dimensional computer simulation. Quasilinear rather than nonlinear effects determine the evolution of the instability. The instability is quenched by flattening of the electron distribution and the formation of a high-energy ion tail.Keywords
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