Observation of Plasma Heating Due to Parametric Instabilities at the Upper Hybrid and at the Cyclotron Harmonic Frequencies

B. Grek; M. Porkolab

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.836

Observation of Plasma Heating Due to Parametric Instabilities at the Upper Hybrid and at the Cyclotron Harmonic Frequencies

B. Grek and M. Porkolab

Phys. Rev. Lett. 30, 836 – Published 30 April 1973

Abstract

Strong plasma heating is observed in external electric fields near the upper hybrid frequency or near the electron cyclotron harmonics. It is shown that the fast plasma heating is associated with the presence of the parametric instability of Bernstein waves, ionacoustic waves, and lower hybrid waves.