Observations of Two-Stream Ion Wave Instability

G.B. Christoffersen; L.P. Prahm

doi:10.1063/1.1694413

Observations of Two-Stream Ion Wave Instability

G.B. Christoffersen, L.P. Prahm

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A double‐humped ion velocity distribution function is produced in a Q‐machine cesium plasma. When the plasma becomes unstable, a growing wave amplitude and a characteristic change in the phase velocity of a grid‐excited ion‐acoustic wave are observed.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics of Fluids
Volume	16
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	708-710
ISSN	1070-6631
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1694413
Publication status	Published - 1973

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