COLLISIONAL WHISTLER INSTABILITIES

The dispersion of transverse electromagnetic waves in a magnetized Lorentz gas of electrons is calculated. Instabilities due to collisional feedback phenomena are predicted when the electron distribution is sharply peaked, yet isotropic, in a velocity range where elastic resonance scattering does oc...

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Main Authors: Derfler,Heinrich, Howell,John Q
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
COLLISION FREQUENCY
CYCLOTRON RESONANCE PHENOMENA
ELECTRON GAS
ELECTRONS
GAS IONIZATION
IONS
MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA MEDIUM
Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics
SCATTERING
STABILITY
WHISTLERS
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Summary:The dispersion of transverse electromagnetic waves in a magnetized Lorentz gas of electrons is calculated. Instabilities due to collisional feedback phenomena are predicted when the electron distribution is sharply peaked, yet isotropic, in a velocity range where elastic resonance scattering does occur. (Author) Presented at the International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (9th), Bucharest, Romania, 1-6 Sep 69.