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Electromagnetic waves in a relativistic plasma stream: fusion instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. N. Mohanty
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ravenshaw College, Cuttack-753003, India
P. Misra
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ravenshaw College, Cuttack-753003, India

Extract

We derive the dispersion formulae for electromagnetic waves including relativistic kinematics and a corresponding Maxwellian equilibrium distribution function without any approximations and having anisotropy in the streaming velocity. For non-relativistic temperatures, waves propagate when the streaming velocity is much smaller than the thermal velocity of the species, with varying thermal modes.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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