Fast-Fourier-Transform Spectral-Analysis Techniques as a Plasma Fluctuation Diagnostic Tool |
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Authors: | Smith D. E. Powers E. J. Caldwell G. S. |
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Affiliation: | Department of Electrical Engineering the University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712; |
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Abstract: | A review is given of the key ideas involved in computing power spectral density functions from fast-Fourier-transformed plasma fluctuation data. Next a model is described which enables one to determine, from the computer-generated power spectra, the amplitude, frequency, and wavenumber of each of several waves present in the plasma. The potential of digitally implemented spectral analysis techniques as a plasma diagnostic tool is demonstrated in an experimental study of the evolution, and ultimate turbulent destruction, of a multi-mode drift wave spectrum. |
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