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Nonlinear interaction between three ordinary electromagnetic modes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

P. Muñoz  and
S. Dagach
P. Muñoz
Affiliation:
Departmento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
S. Dagach
Affiliation:
Departmento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Abstract

In this paper we consider the resonant interaction between three modified ordinary electromagnetic waves, which propagate perpendicular to a constant magnetic field. We show that for the modified mode to be a normal mode we must have the unperturbed current equal to zero. Using the averaged Lagrangian method, we calculate the coupling coefficient for the resonant interaction between three of these modes. It is proportional only to the cube of the drift velocity, as expected from the vanishing of the unperturbed current.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 51 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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