Journal article
On the Self-Focusing of Whistler Waves in a Radial Inhomogeneous Plasma
The process of whistler wave self-focusing is experimentally investigated. It was found that a whistler wave propagating along the plasma column with a density crest excites a longitudinal wave of the same frequency propagating across the external magnetic field. The amplitude modulation of the latter wave is accompanied by a density modification, which leads to trapping of the whistler wave in a density trough in the center of the plasma column.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 1980 |
Pages: | 402-404 |
ISSN: | 18732429 and 03759601 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/0375-9601(80)90275-3 |