Self-sustained oscillations in a plasma-wall system with strongly inhomogeneous diffusion of charged particles.
A simple system with a hydrogen plasma confined by a magnetic field parallel to the bounding material wall is considered. The charged particles diffuse out of the plasma, recombine on the wall and return into the plasma volume as neutrals, which are ionized by electrons. It is demonstrated that macroscopic self-sustained oscillations are an intrinsic feature of such a system if the diffusion coefficient of charged particles is strongly inhomogeneous in the plasma.
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Institut für Plasmaphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Association EURATOM-FZJ, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, Germany.