Observation of Drift Instability Due to Particle Trapping in a Corrugated Geometry
- 10 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 31 (24), 1457-1460
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.31.1457
Abstract
A drift instability due to electrons trapped in a series of shallow magnetic troughs has been observed and compared to theoretical estimates. The instability, identified as Kadomtsev's trapped-electron mode, is maximum at a density lower than estimated from the theory.Keywords
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