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Small amplitude transverse wave propagation in a weakly Langmuir turbulent plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

N. Bel  and
J. Heynaerts
N. Bel
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris
J. Heynaerts
Affiliation:
Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris
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Abstract

The high frequency conductivity tensor of an isotropic plasma is derived taking into account particle correlations at the lowest consistent order in the parameter ωp/ω these correlations describe a weakly Langmuir turbulent plasma. Two special cases are investigated in which the two-particle correlation function is related to the turbulent electrostatic field spectrum. Particular distribution functions and spectra are considered and approximate dispersion relations are derived in both cases in ‘the cold plasma limit’. The importance of the corrective term is discussed in terms of three dimensionless parameters measuring the strength of the turbulence, the shape of the spectrum, and the frequency. The effect could be important for frequencies not too far from the plasma frequency.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1969 , pp. 593 - 601
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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