Date of Award
1976
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Department of Physics
Abstract
The coupled equations of motion describing electrostatic plasma oscillations are derived using a collective coordinate approach. The boundary between the physical and nonphysical regions of phase space is discussed. The two mode case is studied in detail for both small and large initial disturbances. For small initial disturbances the motion was found to be periodic. For large initial disturbances, non-periodic growing solutions were found that approached one of two asymptotic limits. For these solutions, the variables became infinitely large in a finite time.
Extent
48 p.
Recommended Citation
LODDEN, JAMES ALAN, "MODE-MODE COUPLING OF PLASMA WAVES IN SYSTEMS WITH STRONG NON-LINEARITIES" (1976). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 480.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/480
Identifier
FADT13828
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.