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Method for predicting the properties of cyclotron harmonic waves from the perpendicular dispersion relation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

B. Lembège
B. Lembège
Affiliation:
Space Plasma Physics Division, Space Science Department, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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Abstract

A theoretical method is proposed for predicting the properties of the backward propagating cyclotron harmonic waves from the simple dispersion curve for perpendicular propagation. This method is illustrated for the frequency range 1 ω÷ωc ω 2, where ω and ωc, are, respectively, the wave and electron cyclotron frequencies, and is applicable from very low to infinite plasma densities. The behaviour of the backward propagating cyclotron harmonic wave in the whole propagation space and then in the real space can be easily deduced. The method can be extended to any dispersion branch of backward cyclotron harmonic waves.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , October 1979 , pp. 231 - 244
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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