| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 54, Number 2, April 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 161 - 167 | |
| Section | Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2001-00290-6 | |
| Published online | 01 December 2003 | |
Ion phase space vortices in 3 spatial dimensions
1
University of Oslo, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics -
Box 1029 Blindern N-0315 Oslo, Norway
2
University of Oslo, Physics Department -
Box 1048 Blindern N-0316 Oslo, Norway
Received:
11
December
2000
Accepted:
5
February
2001
The formation and propagation of isolated ion phase space vortices are observed in a 3-dimensional numerical simulation. The code allows for an externally applied constant magnetic field. The electrons are assumed to be isothermal and Boltzmann distributed at all times, implying that Poisson's equation becomes nonlinear for the present problem. Ion phase space vortices are formed by the nonlinear saturation of the ion-ion two-stream instability, excited by injecting an ion beam or short ion-bursts at the boundary. We consider the effects of finite beam diameters and the intensity of an externally imposed magnetic field.
PACS: 52.35.Fp – Electrostatic waves and oscillations (e.g., ion-acoustic waves) / 52.35.Sb – Solitons; BGK modes / 52.65.Rr – Particle-in-cell method
© EDP Sciences, 2001
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