The nonlinear eikonal relation of a weakly inhomogeneous magnetized plasma upon the action of arbitrarily polarized finite wavelength electromagnetic waves

Autor: V. Stefan, N. A. Krall, J. B. McBride
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Physics of Fluids. 30:3703
ISSN: 0031-9171
DOI: 10.1063/1.866407
Popis: Based on a hydrodynamic Maxwell formalism of a weakly inhomogeneous magnetized plasma, a mode–mode coupling eikonal relation is derived. Finite wavelength and arbitrary polarization of a monochromatic driver pump have been taken into account as well as longitudinal and transverse components of the self‐consistent plasma electric field. A weak turbulence theory method is used to solve the resulting inhomogeneous Volterra‐type integral equation in tensorial form, i.e., an expansion of hydrodynamic quantities over the resultant electric field (driver pump and self‐consistent field) up to the third order. The eikonal coupling relation thus obtained is discussed for the case of longitudinal and transverse interactions.
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