Electromagnetic Strong Plasma Turbulence

Authors

A. Melatos, University of Melbourne
F. A. Jenet, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
P. A. Robinson, University of Sydney

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

The first large-scale simulations of continuously driven, two-dimensional electromagnetic strong plasma turbulence are performed, for electron thermal speeds 0.01c⩽v⩽0.57c, by integrating the Zakharov equations for coupled Langmuir and transverse (T) waves near the plasma frequency. Turbulence scalings and wave number spectra are calculated, a transition is found from a mix of trapped and free T eigenstates for v⩾0.1c to just free eigenstates for v⩽0.1c, and wave energy densities are observed to undergo slow quasiperiodic oscillations.

Comments

© 2007 American Institute of Physics. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2472293

Recommended Citation

Melatos, A., et al. “Electromagnetic Strong Plasma Turbulence.” Physics of Plasmas, vol. 14, no. 2, American Institute of Physics, Feb. 2007, p. 020703, doi:10.1063/1.2472293.

Publication Title

Physics of Plasmas

DOI

10.1063/1.2472293