Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability
It is shown through multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations that at least in Maxwellian background plasmas the long-wavelength transverse instability of plasma electron holes is caused not by the previously proposed focusing of trapped particles but instead by kinematic jetting of marginally p...
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| author | Hutchinson, Ian Horner |
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| description | It is shown through multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations that at least in Maxwellian background plasmas the long-wavelength transverse instability of plasma electron holes is caused not by the previously proposed focusing of trapped particles but instead by kinematic jetting of marginally passing electrons. The mechanism is explained and heuristic analytic estimates obtained which agree with the growth rates and transverse wave numbers observed in the simulations. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1154962022-09-28T11:30:26Z Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability Hutchinson, Ian Horner Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center Hutchinson, Ian Horner It is shown through multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations that at least in Maxwellian background plasmas the long-wavelength transverse instability of plasma electron holes is caused not by the previously proposed focusing of trapped particles but instead by kinematic jetting of marginally passing electrons. The mechanism is explained and heuristic analytic estimates obtained which agree with the growth rates and transverse wave numbers observed in the simulations. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant NNX16AG82G) 2018-05-18T18:02:14Z 2018-05-18T18:02:14Z 2018-05 2018-01 2018-05-17T18:00:08Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115496 Hutchinson, I. H. "Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability." Physical Review Letters 120, 20 (May 2018): 205101 © 2018 American Physical Society en http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.205101 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. American Physical Society application/pdf American Physical Society American Physical Society |
| spellingShingle | Hutchinson, Ian Horner Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability |
| title | Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability |
| title_full | Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability |
| title_fullStr | Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability |
| title_short | Kinematic Mechanism of Plasma Electron Hole Transverse Instability |
| title_sort | kinematic mechanism of plasma electron hole transverse instability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115496 |
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