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Waves with nonlinear polarization due to a self-generated magnetic field in a plasma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
Abstract
We investigate a new mechanism of nonlinear wave interaction in a plasma with an electromagnetic wave, a Langmuir plasma wave and a self-generated quasi-stationary magnetic field involved in the three-wave process. It is demonstrated that magnetic field generation supports a new wave of hybrid polarization, which can be changed during the nonlinear evolution. Periodic regimes, as well as regimes of soliton (instanton) formation and kink-shaped transitions, can be realized.
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