Parametric Instability and Anomalous Heating Due to Electromagnetic Waves in Plasma
- 20 November 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 29 (21), 1438-1441
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.29.1438
Abstract
Experimental results are presented which verify the fundamental aspects of the parametric instability of whistler waves. The accompanying fast heating of plasma is interpreted to be due to anomalous absorption.Keywords
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