A variational approach to parametric instabilities in inhomogeneous plasmas I: Two model problems

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3788-3802

  Afeyan, Bedros B ^a   Williams, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0005311617     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872504     Document Type: Article

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