TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF THE PLASMA DENSITY CAVITY CAUSED BY INHOMOGENEOUS STOCHASTIC ELECTRIC FIELDS

Abstract

The time evolution of the formation of a plasma density cavity caused by inhomogeneous stochastic electric fields is investigated. The Fokker-Planck equation, which governs the temporal evolution of the plasma electron density due to localized stochastic inhomogeneous electric fields in the frequency range of lower hybrid oscillations, is solved numerically. The spatial dependence of the plasma electron density for various times is obtained.