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Title
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MODE-MODE COUPLING OF PLASMA WAVES IN SYSTEMS WITH STRONG NON-LINEARITIES.
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Creator
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LODDEN, JAMES ALAN, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Physics
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Abstract/Description
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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...
Show moreThe 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.
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Date Issued
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1976
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13828
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Subject Headings
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Coupled mode theory, Plasma waves
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Format
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Document (PDF)
