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Velocity space degrees of freedom of plasma fluctuations
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Velocity space degrees of freedom of plasma fluctuations

Sean Mattingly and Fred Skiff
Physics of plasmas, Vol.24(9), p.90703
09/01/2017
DOI: 10.1063/1.4996012

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Abstract

We present the first measurements of a plasma velocity-space cross-correlation matrix. A singular value decomposition is applied to this inherently Hermitian matrix, and the relation between the eigenmodes and the plasma kinetic fluctuation modes is explored. A generalized wave admittance is introduced for these eigenmodes. Published by AIP Publishing.
Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Fluids & Plasmas Science & Technology

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