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Observation of Poincaré-Andronov-Hopf Bifurcation in Cyclotron Maser Emission from a Magnetic Plasma Trap
A G Shalashov1, E D Gospodchikov1, I V Izotov1
1Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS), 46 Ulyanova st., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Abstract:
We report the first experimental evidence of a controlled transition from the generation of periodic bursts of electromagnetic radiation into the continuous-wave regime of a cyclotron maser formed in magnetically confined nonequilibrium plasma. The kinetic cyclotron instability of the extraordinary wave of weakly inhomogeneous magnetized plasma is driven by the anisotropic electron population resulting from electron cyclotron plasma heating in a MHD-stable minimum-B open magnetic trap.
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