Langmuir wave turbulence generated by electromagnetic waves in the laboratory and the ionosphere

Author(s):  
M.C. Lee ◽  
R.J. Riddolls ◽  
D.T. Moriarty ◽  
N.E. Dalrymple ◽  
M.J. Rowlands
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Krafft ◽  
Alexander Volokitin

<p>A new method to calculate semi-analytically the radiation efficiency of electromagnetic waves emitted at specific frequencies by electrostatic wave turbulence in solar plasmas with random density fluctuations is presented. It is applied to the case of electromagnetic emissions radiated at the fundamental plasma frequency ω<sub>p</sub> by beam-driven Langmuir wave turbulence during Type III solar bursts. It is supposed that the main radiation mechanism is the linear conversion of electrostatic to electromagnetic waves on the background plasma density fluctuations, at constant frequency. Due to the presence of such inhomogeneities, the rates of electromagnetic radiation are modified compared to the case of uniform plasmas. Results show that the radiation efficiency of Langmuir wave turbulence into electromagnetic emissions at ω<sub>p</sub> is nearly constant asymptotically, the electromagnetic energy density growing linearly with time, and is proportional to the average level of density fluctuations. Comparisons with another analytical method developed by the authors and with space observations are satisfactory.</p>


1991 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey A. Rose ◽  
D.F. DuBois ◽  
David Russell ◽  
B. Bezzerides

Pramana ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 435-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bipuljyoti Saikia ◽  
B K Saikia ◽  
S Bujarbarua ◽  
M Nambu

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
LENNART STENFLO ◽  
BENGT ELIASSON ◽  
MATTIAS MARKLUND

AbstractThe three-dimensional instability of two coupled electromagnetic waves in an unmagnetized plasma is investigated theoretically and numerically. In the regime of two-plasmon decay, where one pump wave frequency is approximately twice the electron plasma frequency, we find that the coupled pump waves give rise to enhanced instability with wavevectors between those of the two beams. In the case of ion parametric decay instability, where the pump wave decays into one Langmuir wave and one ion acoustic wave, the instability regions are added with no distinct amplification. Our investigation can be useful in interpreting laser-plasma as well as ionospheric heating experiments.


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