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Alfvén waves in relativistic plasmas*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

F. C. Hoh
Affiliation:
Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington

Abstract

Expressions for Alfvén waves, their Landau damping, and magnetosonic waves are derived in a homogeneous relativistic Vlasov plasma. Relativistic effects reduce the speed of both waves.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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