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Gyrobunching and wave–particle resonance in the lower hybrid drift instability

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Cook, James William S., Dendy, R. O. and Chapman, Sandra C. (2011) Gyrobunching and wave–particle resonance in the lower hybrid drift instability. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol.53 (No.7). 074019. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/53/7/074019

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Abstract

We report a first principles study of the coupled evolution of energetic ions, background majority ions, electrons and electromagnetic fields in magnetized plasma during the linear phase of the lower hybrid drift instability. A particle-in-cell code, with one spatial and three velocity space co-ordinates, is used to analyse the evolving distribution of a drifting ring-beam population of energetic protons in physical space and gyrophase angle. This analysis is carried out for bulk plasma parameters that approximate to core conditions in large tokamaks, with an energetic ion distribution that is motivated by observations of ion cyclotron emission and may be relevant to alpha channelling. Resonant energy transfer occurs at the two gyrophase angles at which the instantaneous speed of an energetic proton on its cyclotron orbit precisely matches the phase velocity of the lower hybrid wave along the simulation domain. Electron space-charge oscillations determine the wavelength of the propagating lower hybrid wave, and thereby govern the spatial distribution of gyrobunching of the energetic protons that drive the instability.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Plasma (Ionized gases), Tokamaks, Drift waves, Ions
Journal or Publication Title: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0741-3335
Official Date: July 2011
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July 2011Published
Volume: Vol.53
Number: No.7
Number of Pages: 8
Page Range: 074019
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/53/7/074019
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: European Communities, Research Councils UK (RCUK), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant number: EP/I501045 (RCUK), EP/G054950/1 (EPSRC)

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