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Wavenumber space analysis of oscillations in weakly non-uniform magnetoplasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. H. Brownell
Affiliation:
Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University

Abstract

A differential equation in wavenumber space is used to find the electric field excited by an external source in a weakly non-uniform, low-β, neutral magneto- plasma slab (with B perpendicular to ∇n). The analysis is general enough to allow one to judge the accuracy of previously used long-wavelength methods. Electrostatic waves which propagate across the magnetic field parallel to the density gradient are considered, and the impedance of a grid-plasma system is determined. The calculation is specialized to the case of a low density plasma with applied frequencies near the upper hybrid.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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