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MODE-MODE COUPLING OF PLASMA WAVES IN SYSTEMS WITH STRONG NON-LINEARITIES

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Date Issued:
1976
Summary:
The coupled equations of motion describing electrostatic plasma oscillations are derived using a collective coordinate approach. The boundary between the physical and nonphysical regions of phase space is discussed. The two mode case is studied in detail for both small and large initial disturbances. For small initial disturbances the motion was found to be periodic. For large initial disturbances, non-periodic growing solutions were found that approached one of two asymptotic limits. For these solutions, the variables became infinitely large in a finite time.
Title: MODE-MODE COUPLING OF PLASMA WAVES IN SYSTEMS WITH STRONG NON-LINEARITIES.
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Name(s): LODDEN, JAMES ALAN
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Physics
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 48 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The coupled equations of motion describing electrostatic plasma oscillations are derived using a collective coordinate approach. The boundary between the physical and nonphysical regions of phase space is discussed. The two mode case is studied in detail for both small and large initial disturbances. For small initial disturbances the motion was found to be periodic. For large initial disturbances, non-periodic growing solutions were found that approached one of two asymptotic limits. For these solutions, the variables became infinitely large in a finite time.
Identifier: 13828 (digitool), FADT13828 (IID), fau:10656 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
Subject(s): Coupled mode theory
Plasma waves
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