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    A linear model for amplitude modulation of Langmuir waves in weak electron-beam plasma interaction
    (Göttingen : Copernicus, 2013) Baumgärtel, K.
    A simple linear approach to the phenomenon of amplitude modulation of Langmuir waves in weak beam plasma interaction is presented. During the short growth phase of the instability and within the longer period after saturation, the waves are described by their linear kinetic dispersion properties.The amplitude modulation appears as result of the beating of waves with different wavelengths and amplitudes that have grown from noise in the initial phase. The Langmuir wave fields are calculated via FFT (fast Fourier transform) technique. The resulting waveforms in temporal representation are quite similar to those observed by spacecraft.
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    Coherent amplitude modulation of electron-beam-driven Langmuir waves
    (Göttingen : Copernicus, 2013) Baumgärtel, K.
    A linear approach to the phenomenon of irregular amplitude modulation of beam-driven Langmuir waves, developed in a previous paper, is extended to explain periodic modulation as well. It comes about by beating of the fastest growing mode of the instability with beam-aligned plasma oscillations. They are naturally generated in a uniform domain of beam-plasma interaction prior to the onset of the instability. Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations support the results of the linear analysis.