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Stimulated Brillouin scattering of an Alfvén wave in low-density plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

K. M. Jain ,
Mridul Bose ,
S. Guha  and
D. P. Tewari
K. M. Jain
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Government Arts and Science College, Durg (M.P.) – 491 002, India
Mridul Bose
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ravishankar University, Raipur – 492 010, (M.P.), India
S. Guha
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Ravishankar University, Raipur – 492 010, (M.P.), India
D. P. Tewari
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110 016, India
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Abstract

The stimulated Brillouin scattering of Alfvén waves is studied in low-density plasmas. It is shown that ion-sound oscillations may be excited by this mechanism under suitable ionospheric conditions and that the presence of negative ions reduces the probability of such excitations.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , October 1986 , pp. 189 - 193
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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