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Nonlinear interaction of electrostatic surface waves in a semi-infinite plasma. Part 2. Time-dependent solutions to the coupled mode equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

V. Atanassov ,
E. Mateev  and
I. Zhelyazkov
V. Atanassov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 1126 Sofia, Bulgaria
E. Mateev
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 1126 Sofia, Bulgaria
I. Zhelyazkov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 1126 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Abstract

The coupled mode equations which govern the nonlinear interaction of three electrostatic high-frequency surface waves and a low-frequency density perturbation are analysed considering time-dependent solutions only. We show the existence of a filamentation instability in the static limit for the low-frequency density perturbation. In the opposite case (density perturbation close to the lowfrequency surface wave resonance) we arrive at a decay instability where only surface waves take part. The parametric approximation (growth rate and threshold) as well as the nonlinear evolution of both types of instabilities are studied.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , October 1981 , pp. 231 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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