Accession Number:

AD0607413

Title:

LONGITUDINAL PLASMA OSCILLATIONS IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

TRW SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABS LOS ANGELES CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Fried,B. D.
• Gell-Mann,M.
• Jackson,J. D.
• Wyld,H. W.

Report Date:

1959-06-27

Pagination or Media Count:

36.0

Abstract:

The properties of longitudinal plasma oscillations in an external electric field are investigated. In a completely linear approximation, it is found that the direct-current electric field introduces essentially no new effects. A quasi-linear approximation is also considered, in which couplings between different plasma modes are neglected while the space-averaged distribution functions are assumed to be approximately independent of time. In this case, a Maxwellian distribution function is found to be always unstable against the growth of very long wavelength oscillations. Author

Descriptors:

• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• OSCILLATION
• DIRECT CURRENT
• ELECTRONS
• IONS
• STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE