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Dynamical chaos of plasma ions in electrostatic waves
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Dynamical chaos of plasma ions in electrostatic waves

A Fasoli, F Skiff, R Kleiber, M. Q Tran and P. J Paris
Physical review letters, Vol.70(3), pp.303-306
01/18/1993
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.303
PMID: 10054078
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Abstract

Chaos generated by the interaction between charged particles and electrostatic plasma waves has been observed in a linear magnetized plasma. The macroscopic wave properties, the kinetic ion dielectric response, and the microscopic heating mechanisms have been investigated via optical diagnostic techniques based on laser-induced fluorescence. Observations of test-particle dynamical evolution indicate an exponential separation of initially close ion trajectories. © 1993 The American Physical Society.
Physics Exact sciences and technology Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges Physics of plasmas and electric discharges Waves, oscillations, and instabilities in plasmas and intense beams

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