Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-1986
Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume Number
56
Issue Number
23
First Page
2485
Last Page
2488
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2485
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Disciplines
Physics
Abstract
Direct measurements of integrated phase-space densities, e.g., f(x,vy,t), have been made in an experiment. Using spectroscopically active ions, measurements in a plasma show the ion response, fi(x,v,t), to linear and nonlinear waves and phase-space particle bunching. Time-resolved measurements show coherent and incoherent phase-space density changes in the presence of waves, indicating that transitions to turbulence and chaos may be studied. The time, space, and velocity-space resolution may allow experimental tests of predictions from the Boltzmann equation.
Digital USD Citation
McWilliams, Roger and Sheehan, D. P., "Experimental Measurements of Phase Space" (1986). Physics and Biophysics: Faculty Scholarship. 6.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/phys-faculty/6