Publication Date:
2016-01-09
Description:
Author(s): M. Lesur, K. Itoh, T. Ido, M. Osakabe, K. Ogawa, A. Shimizu, M. Sasaki, K. Ida, S. Inagaki, S.-I. Itoh, and the LHD Experiment Group In a collisionless plasma, it is known that linearly stable modes can be destabilized (subcritically) by the presence of structures in phase space. However, nonlinear growth requires the presence of a seed structure with a relatively large threshold in amplitude. We demonstrate that, in the presence… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 015003] Published Fri Jan 08, 2016
Keywords:
Plasma and Beam Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics