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New aspects on plasma wave and instability phenomena in basic-plasma experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2010

R. HATAKEYAMA ,
T. KANEKO  and
W. OOHARA
R. HATAKEYAMA
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan (hatake@ecei.tohoku.ac.jp)
T. KANEKO
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan (hatake@ecei.tohoku.ac.jp)
W. OOHARA
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Ube 755-8611, Japan
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Abstract

Our basic-plasma experiments relating to fusion-oriented and space plasmas have yielded deep and unique insight into wave and instability physics in ordinary electron-ion and unusual pair-particle plasmas. Here recent results on flow shears, polarization reversal and pair-ions are presented in the way that light is shed on the underlying physics.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 76 , Special Issue 3-4: In Honor of Professor Padma Kant Shukla on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday , August 2010 , pp. 513 - 523
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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