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Third and higher harmonic plasma emission due to Raman scattering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Iver H. Cairns
Iver H. Cairns
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Abstract

The theory for third and higher harmonic plasma emission by the weak turbulence (or random phase) process L + T′→T (where L denotes a Langmuir wave, and T and T′ denote transverse waves) is developed. Kinematic constraints on the characteristics and growth lengths of waves participating in the wave processes are identified. The cases of L waves produced either directly by a streaming instability, or by the decay L→L′+S (S is an ion sound wave) of L waves generated by a streaming instability, are considered. Limits on the brightness temperature of the radiation are determined, and expressions for the growth rate and path-integrated wave temperatures are derived.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 199 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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