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Electromagnetic cyclotron-loss-cone instability associated with weakly relativistic electrons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

H. K. Wong ,
C. S. Wu ,
F. J. Ke ,
R. S. Schneider  and
L. F. Ziebell
H. K. Wong
Affiliation:
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
C. S. Wu
Affiliation:
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
F. J. Ke
Affiliation:
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
R. S. Schneider
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
L. F. Ziebell
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Abstract

The amplification of fast extraordinary mode waves with frequencies very close to the electron cyclotron frequency is investigated for a plasma which consists of a weakly relativistic electron component with a loss-cone type distribution and a cold background electron component. The basic mechanism of the amplification is attributed to a relativistic cyclotron resonance between the wave and the energetic electrons. The method employed in the present analysis enables us to solve the dispersion relation in a self-consistent manner for arbitrary ratio of the densities of the energetic and background electrons. It is found that the maximum growth rates occur at certain values of ω2pe/Ω2e and the angular dependence of the growth rate is sensitive to the ratios ω2pe/Ω2e and ne/nb. Here ωpe and Ωe are the electron plasma frequency and the electron cyclotron frequency, respectively, and ne and nb denote the number densities of the energetic and background electrons, respectively.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , December 1982 , pp. 503 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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