WAVE BREAKING IN A COLD-PLASMA NEAR THE TOP OF A PARABOLIC DENSITY PROFILE

Authors
CHIRON A CROS B MATTHIEUSSENT G MORA P
Citation
A. Chiron et al., WAVE BREAKING IN A COLD-PLASMA NEAR THE TOP OF A PARABOLIC DENSITY PROFILE, Physics of plasmas, 1(6), 1994, pp. 1777-1782
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
1
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1777 - 1782
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1994)1:6<1777:WBIACN>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Wave breaking of electron plasma waves in an unmagnetized, cold, colli sionless plasma with a parabolic density profile is considered when th e plasma resonance is situated near the top of the profile. For this c ase, wave breaking takes place at a density lower than the resonant on e and limits the growth of the plasma wave. The dynamics of wave break ing in such conditions are studied as a function of position of resona nce in the profile and of amplitude of the driver field.