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Criteria for three-wave instabilities in a cold collisionless plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. Hruška
A. Hruška
Affiliation:
Division of PhysicsNational Research Council of CanadaOttawa, Canada
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Abstract

A new systematic method of analysis of three-wave interactions is proposed, and applied to a description of interactions of waves (0, 1 and 2) in a homogeneous electron plasma, in which Landau damping is insignificant. Transverse, linearly polarized wave 0, which may represent an external (‘ pump’ ) wave, is assumed to be in resonance with longitudinal and transverse waves 1 and 2 already existing in a weakly-turbulent plasma. The rate (d W/ dt)j, at which energy is transferred from wave j to the others, is calculated, assuming that directions of propagation of resonating waves are restricted by conditions of three-wave resonance only. Conditions of the form (dW/dt)j = 0 constitute threshold criteria for amplification of wave j to occur. There is a brief discussion of processes during which the energy of one of the resonating waves remains constant, although energy is transferred between the other two waves. The relation between energy absorbed by the plasma and energy transferred between waves is evaluated.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , August 1975 , pp. 93 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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