Parametric Lower-Hybrid Instability Driven by Modulated Electron-Beam Injection
- 9 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (15), 1045-1048
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1045
Abstract
A modulated electron beam is injected into a low- plasma parallel to the confining field to investigate the energy-transfer rate from the electron beam to the plasma. Parametric excitation of electrostatic lower-hybrid waves and ion-cyclotron quasimodes is experimentally identified. The temperature of both ions and electrons is observed to increase significantly concomitant with the growth of the instability.
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