Speaker
Frederick Skiff
(University of Iowa)
Description
Plasma wave theory involves understanding how the perturbation of particle orbits by mean-field waves produces charge densities and currents that self-consistently create the mean-fields. Exact solutions are known in only a few special cases. However, given this self-consistent relationship, it is natural to ask – how much about the wave fields in a given region of space can be known by measuring a fluctuating velocity distribution of particles at a single location (for example a single spatial point in the laboratory, or a spacecraft). After a review of some previous efforts tested in the laboratory, we will look at some recent generalizations of the theory.
Primary author
Frederick Skiff
(University of Iowa)
Co-author
Gregory Howes
(University of Iowa)
