Evolution of Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal—like Ion Modes with Trapped Electrons

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A. Y. Wong · University of California, Los Angeles

B. H. Quon · University of California, Los Angeles

B. H. Ripin · University of California, Los Angeles

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The growth of an ion acoustic instability caused by a slow electron drift is studied experimentally. A small-amplitude test wave in this unstable system develops into a large-amplitude steady state which is found to be a Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal---like ion mode with trapped electrons.

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 30, Issue 26, pp. 1299-1302

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.30.1299

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Evolution of Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal—like Ion Modes with Trapped Electrons

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