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Sideband growth in nonlinear Landau wave-particle interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. L. Brinca
Affiliation:
Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University

Abstract

The distortion of the electron velocity distribution caused by a large amplitude Landau wave is determined analytically for the initial-value problem. The resulting stability of electrostatic perturbations impressed on the evolving plasma is studied. Narrow sidebands of the applied frequency experience consecutive growths of large magnitude during the early stages of the nonlinear wave-particle interaction. The significance of the derived results to both wave propagation experiments and triggered VLF emissions in the magnetosphere is discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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