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Stability of strong electromagnetic waves in overdense plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

F. J. Romeiras
F. J. Romeiras
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Centro de Electrodinâmica, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
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We consider the stability against small perturbations of a class of exact wave solutions of the equations that describe an unmagnetized relativistic cold electron plasma. The main feature of these nonlinear waves is a transverse circularly polarized electric field with periodic amplitude modulation in the longitudinal direction. Floquet's theory of linear differential equations with periodic coefficients is used to solve the perturbation equations and obtain the instability growth rates.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 239 - 259
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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