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Kinetic analysis of electromagnetic wave backscattering in a magnetized plasma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
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An analysis is presented which describes the stimulated backscattering of an electromagnetic wave with frequency large compared with the electron cyclotron frequency and the electrostacic scatterer wave frequency. The electron and ion susceptibilities provided by kinetic theory are employed in convenient approximations valid at moderate temperatures. Formulae are derived which permit calculation of the growth rate and threshold in bounded and unbounded plasmas. A numerical study of the effects of a static magnetic field on the stimulated backscattering of a carbon dioxide laser beam in a hydrogen plasma is included.
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