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On waves in spatially cyclic equilibria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

D. A. Diver
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
E. W. Laing
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
C. C. Sellar
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland

Abstract

We rederive the dispersion relation for a plasma containing a spatially cyclic equilibrium magnetic field, and discuss the polarization of the resulting waves.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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Diver, D. A., Laing, E. W. & Sellar, C. C. 1989 J. Plasma Phys. 42, 153.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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