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Chaotic behavior of resonant absorption in the microwave range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

B. Cros ,
A. Chiron ,
J. Godiot ,
G. Matthieussent  and
A. Héron
B. Cros
Affiliation:
L.P.G.P., Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
A. Chiron
Affiliation:
L.P.G.P., Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
J. Godiot
Affiliation:
L.P.G.P., Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
G. Matthieussent
Affiliation:
L.P.G.P., Université Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
A. Héron
Affiliation:
C.P.T., Ecole polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Abstract

The nonlinear evolution of electrostatic plasma waves excited by mode conversion is studied in an inhomogeneous, collisionless, unmagnetized plasma. Experiments in the microwave range (f = 3.5 GHz), performed in a plasma (ne ≃ 1011 cm−3) created in a multipolar discharge, show that the electrostatic plasma-wave evolution exhibits a transition from a nonlinear steady-state regime toward chaos, occurring when the pump field or the gradient length is increased. The Zakharov equations, which model the plasmawave evolution coupled with low-density perturbation, are solved numerically with parameters close to those of the experiment; this simulation allows a characterization of the two regimes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 355 - 362
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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