Interaction of Langmuir solitary waves with electrons of a plama

Abstract Interaction of Langmuir solitary waves with superthermal electrons of a plasma is considered. The number of solitary waves per unit length N is assumed to be small, therefore interaction of solitary waves with each other may be neglected. The initial phase of the process of relaxation of the electron distribution function is considered numerically. Continuous generation of accelerated elctrons up to velocities larger than thermal electron velocities is obtained.