Observations of Nonlinear Landau Damping
- 15 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 26 (11), 625-628
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.625
Abstract
Nonlinear Landau damping, the nonlinear interaction between two waves in which the beat disturbance is resonant with the particle thermal velocities, has been observed for electron plasma waves. The results confirm the predictions of weak-turbulence theory.Keywords
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