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Short Wavelength Geodesic Acoustic Mode Excitation by Energetic Particles

Plasma Physics 2018-02-14 v1

Abstract

Taking the collisionless damping of geodesic acoustic mode (GAM) as an example, the physics processes underlying wave particle resonances in the short wavelength limit are clarified. As illus- trative application, GAM excitation by energetic particles in short wavelength limit is investigated assuming a single pitch angle slowing-down fast ion equilibrium distribution function. Conditions for this energetic particle-induced GAM (EGAM) to be unstable are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1709.02085,
  title  = {Short Wavelength Geodesic Acoustic Mode Excitation by Energetic Particles},
  author = {Liu Chen and Zhiyong Qiu and Fulvio Zonca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.02085},
  year   = {2018}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures. submitted to Physics of Plasmas