Suppression of the drift-cyclotron instability by lower-hybrid-drift turbulence
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 25 (11) , 2005-2011
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863678
Abstract
The nonlinear interaction of the drift cyclotron and lower-hybrid-drift modes is examined. A renormalized equation for the drift cyclotron ion response is derived and solved. Lower-hybrid-drift modes comprise the turbulent background. For levels of lower-hybrid-drift turbulence of eΦ/Ti∼(me/mi)1/2(ρi/L)3/4, the growth rate of the drift cyclotron mode begins to be reduced by ion cyclotron resonance broadening, which is the dominant nonlinear effect.Keywords
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