Evolution of slow electrostatic shock into a plasma shock mediated by electrostatic turbulence

Large‐amplitude electrostatic waves observed at a supercritical interplanetary shock

[1] We present the first observations at an interplanetary shock of large‐amplitude (> 100 mV/m pk‐pk) solitary waves and large‐amplitude (∼30 mV/m pk‐pk) waves exhibiting characteristics consistent with electron Bernstein waves. The Bernstein‐like waves show enhanced power at integer and half‐integer harmonics of the cyclotron frequency with a broadened power spectrum at higher frequencies, co...

Characterization of electrostatic shock in laser-produced optically-thin plasma flows using optical diagnostics

Finite Larmor Radius Effects in Two-Dimensional Electrostatic Plasma Turbulence

Low frequency electrostatic turbulence in strongly magnetized, low @-plasmas, is studied in two spatial dimensions. In this limit the guiding center velocity in the direction perpendicular to a homogeneous magnetic field is approximated by the E x Bo/B,2-velocity. The electron Larmor radius can safely be set to zero for most relevant conditions, but the ion-dynamics are noticeably influenced by...

Parallel Implementation of a Lattice Boltzmann Algorithm for the Electrostatic Plasma Turbulence 1 Lattice Boltzmann Algorithm for the Electrostatic Plasma Turbulence

A parallel version of a Lattice Boltzmann Equation algorithm , which simulates the electrostatic plasma turbulence, has been developed using the High Performance Fortran language. The algorithm evolves a system of particle populations on a discrete lattice and data-parallel implementation has been performed by a regular domain decomposition. System evolution requires both completely local and n...

Magnetic electrostatic plasma codinementi

Abstrad. Electrostatic plasma confinement and magnetic electrostatic plasma confinement (MEPC) have been studied for four decades. The multiple potential well hypothesis, postulated to explain high neutron yields from Hinch’s colliding beam experiment, has been supported by several pieces of evidence, but results were inconclusive. Magnetic shielding of the grid was developed to reduce the requ...