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On the interaction of wave beams in plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. J. Giles
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Group, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex

Abstract

We consider two non-parallel beams, each of width a, that interact in a plasma and excite a wave that travels across their region of intersection. We determine the dependence of the amplitude of the excited wave on a for the limiting cases of large and small values of the ratio of the initial beam intensities.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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