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Mode coupling in space- and time-varying anisotropic absorbing plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1997

B. Sh. SABZEVARI
Affiliation:
Present address: Academy Adelbert von Chamisso, PO Box 10 44 55, D-40035 Düsseldorf, Germany. Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics PO Box 19395-5531, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

A four-dimensional systematic mathematical approach for investigating propagation and coupling of wave modes in a slowly varying (in all space directions and time) anisotropic, absorbing plasma is represented. The formalism is especially useful for energy considerations of the waves. It is applicable to general cases of mode couplings in plasmas with general geometries of space–time and magnetic field configurations. A simple example of how this formalism can be applied to practical cases is given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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