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Dum 1990
Dum, C.T. (1990). Simulation studies of plasma waves in the electron foreshock: The generation of downshifted oscillations. Journal of Geophysical Research 95: doi: 10.1029/90JA00388. issn: 0148-0227.

The generation of waves with frequencies downshifted from the plasma frequency, as observed in the electron foreshock, is analyzed by particle simulation. Wave excitation differs fundamentally from the familiar excitation of the plasma eigenmodes by a gentle bump-on-tail electron distribution. Beam modes are destabilized by resonant interaction with bulk electrons, provided the beam velocity spread is very small. These modes are stabilized, starting with the higher frequencies, as the beam is broadened and slowed down by the interaction with the wave spectrum. Initially, a very cold beam is also capable of exciting frequencies considerably above the plasma frequency, but such oscillations are quickly stabilized. Low-frequency modes persist for a long time, until the bump in the electron distribution is completely ''ironed'' out. This diffusion process also is quite different from the familiar case of well-separated beam and bulk electrons. A quantitative analysis of these processes is carried out. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities
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