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Decay of the lower-hybrid wave into an ion cyclotron mode and a whistler wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. K. Saxena
M. K. Saxena
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India
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Abstract

The electrostatic lower-hybrid wave is shown to decay parametrically into a whistler wave and a resonant ion cyclotron mode or an ion cyclotron quasi-mode or a reactive quasi-mode. The convective threshold powers for these decay instabilities are found to be much larger than presently available pump powers. These decay instabilities, however, are expected to play an important role in the saturation of the parametrically excited short-wavelength lower-hybrid waves having frequency close to ωlh.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 149 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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