Stochastic heating of ions in a modulated electron beam-plasma system

A modulation of an electron beam density at frequencies lower than an ion cyclotron frequency enhanced the low frequency instability of broad band and heated plasma ions in a beam-plasma system. The heating of ions is explained by the stochastic process of a weakly turbulent plasma.     

Stochastic electron heating in a capacitive RF discharge withnon-Maxwellian and time-varying distributions

In capacitively coupled radio frequency discharges, the electrons gain and lose energy by reflection from oscillating, high voltage sheaths. When time-averaged, this results in stochastic heating, which at low pressure is responsible for most of the electron heating in these discharges. Previous derivations of stochastic heating rates have generally assumed that the electron distribution is a time-invariant, single-temperature Maxwellian, and that the sheath motion is slow compared to the average electron velocity, so that electrons gain or lose a small amount of energy in each sheath reflection. Here we solve for the stochastic heating rates in the opposite limit of fast sheath motion and consider the applicability of the slow and fast sheath equations in the intermediate region. We also consider the effect of a two-temperature Maxwellian distribution on particle balance and the effect of a time-varying temperature on the heating rates and densities     

Stochastic versus chaotic dynamics in a deterministic system

We analyze a dynamical system whose time evolution depends on an externally controlled model parameter. We observe that the introduction of state-dependent perturbations induces a variety of phenomena which can have either a chaotic or stochastic nature. We analyze the sensitivity of the dynamics and the underlying attractors to the strength, frequency, and time correlations of the external perturbations.     

Stochastic heating of plasma at electron cyclotron resonance

It is shown theoretically and experimentally that stochastic heating of plasma electrons is highly efficient. Calculations have shown that over the course of 100 periods of an external microwave field the kinetic energy of the particles reaches values of around 1.0 MeV and the average energy reaches values of the order of 0.3 MeV in the field of two oppositely propagating characteristic (eigen) waves of a cylindrical waveguide, with amplitudes 24 kV/cm in a 1 kG stationary magnetic field. Stochastic instability develops as a result of overlapping of non-linear cyclotron resonances. The experimental results agree with the theory: When these waves are excited by a 0.9 MW external source, above a threshold of 0.45 MW one obtains x rays with a photon energy corresponding to a maximum electron energy of the order of 1 MeV over about 800 periods of the external microwave field. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 69, No. 11, 806–811 (10 June 1999)     

Freezing by heating in a driven mesoscopic system

We investigate a simple model corresponding to particles driven in opposite directions and interacting via a repulsive potential. The particles move off-lattice on a periodic strip and are subject to random forces as well. We show that this model-which can be considered as a continuum version of some driven diffusive systems-exhibits a paradoxical, new kind of transition called here "freezing by heating." One interesting feature of this transition is that a crystallized state with a higher total energy is obtained from a fluid state by increasing the amount of fluctuations.     

Stochastic heating and stochastic outer ionization of an atomic cluster in a laser field

The dynamics of cluster electrons in a laser field is considered in the framework of the nonlinear oscillator model. The point map describing the motion of a cluster electron in the laser field is constructed. The critical value of the laser field, at which a transition to stochastic motion takes place, is determined. As a result of random walk in the energy space, an electron may accumulate an energy sufficient for overcoming the cluster potential barrier and for passing to the continuum. In this case, outer ionization of the cluster takes place. Estimates are obtained for the heating rate and the time of stochastic outer ionization of the cluster.     

Stochastic dynamics of a bistable reaction system

The method of stochastic dynamics is used for the study of a discrete trimolecular chemical model with internal fluctuations. Several trajectories of the phase point are simulated for the bistable Schlögl model at small volumes. The influence due to the discontinuity of the process on the stationary probability distribution function is analyzed. The transition to the bimodal distribution is shown to be a cusp catastrophe. The location of the cuspoid strongly depends on the reaction volume. Autocorrelation functions are calculated numerically for short and large time scales.     

偏置信号调制下色关联噪声驱动的线性系统的随机共振

研究了偏置信号调制下关联分段噪声驱动的过阻尼线性系统的随机共振现象，推导出了一阶矩、二阶矩和信噪比的解析表达式. 通过对信噪比曲线的分析，发现该系统中存在三种不同形式的随机共振：传统的随机共振、真正的随机共振和广义的随机共振. 此外，数值结果还表明，加性噪声能够减弱输出的信噪比，而噪声之间的互相关强度能够使输出的信噪比增强. 关键词： 随机共振 信噪比 偏置信号调制的噪声 分段噪声     

Stochastic resonance in the coherence of a quantum system

We demonstrate the noise-induced amplification of a weak periodic signal inscribed in the coherence of a two-level atom, interacting with a single mode of the quantized radiation field coupled to a dissipative environment.     

Stochastic dynamics of boiling on the heating element surface

Dynamics of a liquid boiling on a heating element surface is investigated for the equivalent problem of dynamics of temperature of the fuel cell obtained in the concept of boiling curve. It has been shown that the structural insta-bility of the potential of boiling curve leads to the need of studying the problem of temperature fluctuations of the surface on which boiling occurs. A theoretical analysis of the Itô's equation for the considered system model has shown that at a certain intensity of external random factors, the system passes from one state of self-organized criticali-ty to another. These processes are accompanied by 1/f^α–noise (flicker-noise), which is regarded as an objective indica-tor of the boiling crisis. The theoretical results of the work have been confirmed by experimental data of other authors.     

Stochastic heating and acceleration of electrons in colliding laser fields in plasma

We propose a mechanism that leads to efficient acceleration of electrons in plasma by two counterpropagating laser pulses. It is triggered by stochastic motion of electrons when the laser fields exceed some threshold amplitudes, as found in single-electron dynamics. It is further confirmed in particle-in-cell simulations. In vacuum or tenuous plasma, electron acceleration in the case with two colliding laser pulses can be much more efficient than with one laser pulse only. In plasma at moderate densities, such as a few percent of the critical density, the amplitude of the Raman-backscattered wave is high enough to serve as the second counterpropagating pulse to trigger the electron stochastic motion. As a result, even with one intense laser pulse only, electrons can be heated up to a temperature much higher than the corresponding laser ponderomotive potential.     

Stochastic perturbation of a stable deterministic plasma system

A canonical model is proposed for a plasma system under the influence of stationary random fluctuations and its implication on the Liapunov stability of the stationary equilibria is studied.     

具有周期信号调制噪声的线性模型的随机共振

研究了具有周期信号调制噪声的过阻尼线性系统的随机共振现象.当采用非对称的分段噪声 时，可以得到系统响应的一、二阶矩和信噪比的精确表达式.通过对信噪比的分析, 发现了 “真实的"随机共振和传统的随机共振现象，讨论了乘性噪声的非对称性、自相关时间和噪 声之间的相关强度对信噪比的影响. 关键词： 随机共振 信噪比 周期信号调制噪声 线性模型     

Stochastic resonance in a locally excited system of bistable oscillators

Stochastic resonance is studied in a one-dimensional array of overdamped bistable oscillators in the presence of a local subthreshold periodic perturbation. The system can be treated as an ensemble of pseudospins tending to align parallel which are driven dynamically by an external periodic magnetic field. The oscillators are subjected to a dynamic white noise as well as to a static topological disorder. The latter is quantified by the fraction of randomly added long-range connections among ensemble elements. In the low connectivity regime the system displays an optimal global stochastic resonance response if a small-world network is formed. In the mean-field regime we explain strong changes in the dynamic disorder strength provoking a maximal stochastic resonance response via the variation of fraction of long-range connections by taking into account the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition of the pseudospins. The system size analysis shows only quantitative power-law type changes on increasing number of pseudospins.     

Stochastic resonance and heat fluctuations in a driven double-well system

We study a periodically driven (symmetric as well as asymmetric) double-well potential system at finite temperature. We show that mean heat loss by the system to the environment (bath) per period of the applied field is a good quantifier of stochastic resonance. It is found that the heat fluctuations over a single period are always larger than the work fluctuations. The observed distributions of work and heat exhibit pronounced asymmetry near resonance. The heat loss over a large number of periods satisfies the conventional steady-state fluctuation theorem.