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A parametric instability is observed at frequencies close to and above the lower hybrid-resonance frequency. The threshold occurs when the electron drift velocity is of the order of the plasma sound speed. At pump-power levels well above threshold the energy in the decay waves is comparable to that associated with the pump wave.
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Hooke et al. (1972) studied this question.
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