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Higher branches of the dispersion relation for perpendicular magnetosonic waves in relativistic anisotropic plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

S. Cuperman  and
N. Metzler
S. Cuperman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Institute of Planetary and Space Sciences, Tel-Aviv University
N. Metzler
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Institute of Planetary and Space Sciences, Tel-Aviv University
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Abstract

Dispersion relations are calculated and solved for frequencies near the first two harmonics (Ω/Ω+ = 2, 3) of perpendicular magnetosonic waves in relativistic anisotropic plasmas. In this, wavelengths larger than the ion Larmor radius and large plasma frequency (Ω2p, ≫ Ω2+) are assumed. It is found that, even for Tψ ≫ T the plasma is stable. This result has application to the steady-state, spherically symmetrical, expanding, solar-wind plasma.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , December 1971 , pp. 541 - 545
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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