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Nonlinear evolution of the lower-hybrid drift instabilityThe results of simulations of the lower-hybrid drift instability in a neutral sheet configuration are described. The simulations use an implict formulation to relax the usual time step limitations and thus extend previous explicit calculations to weaker gradients, larger mass ratios, and long times compared with the linear growth time. The numerical results give the scaling of the saturation level, heating rates, resistivity, and cross-field diffusion and a demonstration by comparison with a fluid electron model that dissipation in the lower-hybrid drift instability is caused by electron kinetic effects.
Document ID
19850034655
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Brackbill, J. U.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Forslund, D. W.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Quest, K. B.
(Los Alamos Scientific Lab. NM, United States)
Winske, D.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Physics of Fluids
Volume: 27
ISSN: 0031-9171
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
85A16806
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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