Evolution of the electron cyclotron drift instability in two-dimensions
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The Electron Cyclotron Drift Instability driven by the electron E × B drift in partially magnetized plasmas is investigated with highly resolved particle-in-cell simulations. The emphasis is on two-dimensional effects involving the parallel dynamics along the magnetic field in a finite length plasma with dielectric walls. It is found that the instability develops as a sequence of growing cyclotron harmonics demonstrating wave breaking and complex nonlinear interactions, being particularly pronounced in ion density fluctuations at short wavelengths. At the same time, nonlinear evolution of fluctuations of the ion and electron density, as well as the anomalous electron current, shows cascade toward long wavelengths. Tendency to generate long wavelength components is most clearly observed in the spectra of the electron density and the anomalous current fluctuations. An intense but slowly growing mode with a distinct eigen-mode structure along the magnetic field develops at a later nonlinear stage enhancing the tendency toward long wavelength condensation. The latter mode having a finite wavelength along the magnetic field is identified as the Modified Two-Stream Instability (MTSI). It is shown that the MTSI mode results in strong parallel heating of electrons.
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When the feedback of the plasma on the field is important, it is necessary to solve for the full E and B fields from the complete set of Maxwell's equations without making any approximations.
“When the feedback of the plasma on the field is important, it is necessary to solve for the full E and B fi elds from the complete set of Maxwell's equations without making any approximations 121-127 .”
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- Authors
- Janhunen, S., Smolyakov, A., Sydorenko, D., Jimenez, M., Kaganovich, I., & Raitses, Y.
- Affiliations
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Princeton University (US)
- Venue
- Physics of Plasmas
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 2018-08-01
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 8
- ISSN
- 1070-664X (ISSN-L)
- 1089-7674
- OpenAlex
- W2797679581
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 4.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Physics of Plasmas (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Funders
- Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-15-1-0226, FA9550-18-1-0132)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
- Keywords
- electron cyclotron drift instability, E×B drift, partially magnetized plasma, two-dimensional effects, cyclotron harmonics, wave breaking, modified two-stream instability, ion density fluctuations
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