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The temporal helicon-wave echo in a plasma with steepened density profile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

E. A. Fedutenko
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Technology, Kharkov State University, Svobody sq. 4, Kharkov, 310077, Ukraine
V. I. Lapshin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Technology, Kharkov State University, Svobody sq. 4, Kharkov, 310077, Ukraine

Abstract

The hydrodynamic echo on the surface helicon-type modes radiated to vacuum in a magnetized plasma with steepened density profile is investigated. It is shown that perturbations induced by an initial pulse at the plasma boundary are modulated by a later applied second pulse of different wavelength, to yield a non-vanishing echo signal, which can be radiated to vacuum. The angle of the radiation and the density of the energy flow of this signal are determined.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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