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Tranverse intermediate waves in a relativistic plasma with a finite conductivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. Granik
A. Granik
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Physics Department, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
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The propagation of intermediate waves in a turbulent relativistic plasma, characterized by an effective electrical conductivity σeff due to microinstabilities, is studied. The process is governed by a set of diffusion-type equations. An initial magnetic perturbation of a Gaussian wave form subsequently decays owing to dissipation. For the almost-Newtonian gas and the ultra-relativistic gas, relativistic effects tend to change the polarization of the initial magnetic impulse from a linearly polarized wave to a circularly polarized wave.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 343 - 350
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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