This study is concerned with the theory of parametric coupling of waves in a hot inhomogeneous magnetized plasma in which the temperature gradient has been taken into account. The general dispersion relation and the polarization of the ordinary and the extra-ordinary wave modes are discussed. The eigen-mode solutions of the coupled differential equations for the wave amplitudes are obtained in ...

Linear Landau damping and nonlinear wave-particle trapping oscillations are observed with standing plasma waves in a trapped pure electron plasma. For low wave amplitudes, the measured linear damping rate agrees quantitatively with linear Landau damping theory. At larger amplitudes, the wave initially damps at the Landau rate, then regrows and oscillates, approaching a steady state, as predicte...

We present few-femtosecond shadowgraphic snapshots taken during the nonlinear evolution of the plasma wave in a laser wakefield accelerator with transverse synchronized few-cycle probe pulses. These snapshots can be directly associated with the electron density distribution within the plasma wave and give quantitative information about its size and shape. Our results show that self-injection of...

The electron temperature gradient (ETG) mode, which is a universal mechanism for turbulent electron thermal transport in plasmas, is produced and verified in steady-state, collisionless hydrogen plasma of the Columbia Linear Machine. Electron temperature profiles with strong gradients are produced by DC acceleration in a remote biased mesh and subsequent thermalization. Finite amplitude 5%, ste...

A nonlinear multiwave model that describes the interaction of an electron beam, plasma waves, and electromagnetic waves in a cold plasma is derived and studied. The derivation, which is based on slow amplitude and phase change approximations, begins with the electromagnetic Lagrangian coupled to an electron beam, a background plasma, and electrostatic and electromagnetic waves. The model obtain...

in this paper, exp-function and (g′/g)expansion methods are presented to derive traveling wave solutions for a class of nonlinear space-time fractional differential equations. as a results, some new exact traveling wave solutions are obtained.

We report direct high resolution observation of nonlinear steepened plasma waves excited in the wake of an intense, self-pinched electron beam. Oscillations in both accelerating and deflecting fields are measured, and analyzed in the context of linear and nonlinear plasma wave theory. The degree of nonlinearity in the wakr-fields is shown to be consistent with analytical predictions of the beam...

An experiment on phase-locked injection of ~ 100 fs electron bunches in a plasma beat wave accelerator is presented. We consider using an IFEL microbunching technique to produce ultrashort electron bunches prebunched at the exact wavelength of the plasma wave 340 Jim (~lTHz). It is proposed to generate 100 MW of 1 THz radiation by difference frequency generation in a nonlinear crystal, mixing t...

A theory for large amplitude compressional electromagnetic solitary pulses in a magnetized electron-positron (e-p) plasma is presented. The pulses, which propagate perpendicular to the external magnetic field, are associated with the compression of the plasma density and the wave magnetic field. Here the solitary wave magnetic field pressure provides the restoring force, while the inertia comes...