For estimated values of the currents carried by extragalactic jets, current-driven electrostatic-waveand electromagnetic-wave-produced resistivities do not occur. Strong plasma double layers, however, may exist within self-maintained density cavities, the relativistic double-layer-emitted electron, and ion beams driving plasma-wave resistivities in the lowand high-potential plasma adjacent to t...

A three-dimensional full-wave code is newly employed to investigate the plasma production by Ion-Cyclotron Range of Frequency (ICRF) waves on GAMMA 10. The spatial structure of the excited wave fields are calculated for two types of ICRF antennas (Double Half-Turn and Nagoya Type-III) in the central cell. The plasma production by ICRF waves depends on the wave excitation in the plasma. Eigenmod...

We show that in a thermonuclear plasma the magnetosonic wave propagating normal to the magnetic field can be unstable. The growth rate is small, however, and the wave is easily stabilized by perpendicular thermal conduction. IN A FULLY IGNITED thermonuclear plasma the fusion energy production balances the various energy losses and the fusion reaction is self-sustaining. The product ions (alpha ...

Nonlinear interactions of longitudinal waves were observed in a two-dimensional plasma crystal, i.e., a lattice composed of highly charged microspheres immersed in a plasma. The waves were launched by radiation pressure of a laser, and wave spectra in omega-k space were analyzed at various amplitudes of waves. At a sufficiently large amplitude of wave, the second and third wave harmonics satisf...

A low{dimensional Hamiltonian model is derived for the acceleration of ions in nite amplitude Alfv en waves in a nite pressure plasma sheet. The reduced low{dimensional wave{particle Hamiltonian is useful for describing the reaction of the accelerated ions on the wave amplitudes and phases through the self{consistent elds within the envelope approximation. As an example, it is shown that for a ...

An analytical technique referred to as the propagator matrix method (PMM) is presented to study the problem of electromagnetic (EM) waves interacting with the nonuniform magnetized plasma. In this method, the state vector is proposed to describe the characteristics of eigen waves in anisotropic medium, and state vectors at two different locations are related with each other by the propagator ma...

We experimentally investigate the acoustic characteristic of micro plasma shock wave obtained by femtosecond laser ablation of silicon wafer surface using F-P optical fiber acoustic sensor with anti electromagnetic interference. The experimental results show that each of the femtosecond laser pulse can only produce a plasma shock wave. Under the different femtosecond laser energy, the acoustic ...

The effect of electron collisions on reducing the wave-breaking amplitude of resonantly-driven electrostatic fields in a cold plasma is investigated. By means of a simple theory collisions are shown to compete with wave-breaking in dissipating wave energy.