Journal article
Stochastic particle acceleration in an electrostatic wave
Physical review letters, Vol.58(14), pp.1430-1433
04/06/1987
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1430
PMID: 10034434
Abstract
Stochastic acceleration of plasma ions is observed in the field of an intense electrostatic wave. Both electrostatic ion cyclotron and ion Bernstein waves are launched from antennas at the plasma boundary, and ion motions are observed by laser-induced fluorescence. The threshold for stochastic ion heating is observed for the first time. As anticipated, the ion distribution function changes rapidly above threshold (on a cyclotron-period time scale). Measurements of the wave electric field and the ion distribution function indicate that the ion Bernstein wave is responsible for the ion accelerations. (Author)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Stochastic particle acceleration in an electrostatic wave
- Creators
- F Skiff - École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneF Anderegg - École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneM Tran - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical review letters, Vol.58(14), pp.1430-1433
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1430
- PMID
- 10034434
- NLM abbreviation
- Phys Rev Lett
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- eISSN
- 1079-7114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/06/1987
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984429026102771
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