Autoresonant phase-space holes in plasmas

L. Friedland*, P. Khain, A. G. Shagalov

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Abstract

Electron phase-space holes are formed and controlled in a plasma by adiabatic nonlinear phase locking (autoresonance) with a chirped frequency driving wave. The process has a threshold on the driving amplitude and involves dragging a void region in phase space into the bulk of the distribution via persistent Cherenkov-type resonance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number225001
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

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