In this paper, we present the results of the study of ion-acoustic turbulence upon electron-cyclotron heating of low-temperature plasma in a TAU-1 model setup. Two MI-167 magnetrons were used as microwave sources. The peak power of each magnetron was 1 kW, the pulse duration was 7.5 µs. An increase ...
In this paper, we present the results of the study of ion-acoustic turbulence upon electron-cyclotron heating of low-temperature plasma in a TAU-1 model setup. Two MI-167 magnetrons were used as microwave sources. The peak power of each magnetron was 1 kW, the pulse duration was 7.5 µs. An increase in the temperature of most electrons and an increase in the energy of nonthermal electrons were observed in experiments. Microwave field turning-on caused an increase by an order of magnitude in the spectral density of ion-acoustic noise in the entire frequency range from 0.3 to 3 MHz under study.
Original Russian Text © G.N. Batanov, L.V. Kolik, D.V. Malakhov, A.E. Petrov, K.A. Sarksyan, N.N. Skvortsova, K.N. Kharchev, 2009, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2009, Vol. 36, No. 10, pp. 38–45.
