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On oscillating electric dipoles immersed in a hot plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

S. R. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Abstract

In this paper the electric fields of an infinitesimal dipole oscillating in a hot plasma are derived in the absence of an external magnetic field; explicit expressions are obtained by making an approximation on the background electron velocity distribution function. These results are applied to investigate the resonance observed at the plasma frequency, and to estimate the radiation resistance of the dipole.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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