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Alfvén waves in relativistic plasmas*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

F. C. Hoh
F. C. Hoh
Affiliation:
Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington
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Abstract

Expressions for Alfvén waves, their Landau damping, and magnetosonic waves are derived in a homogeneous relativistic Vlasov plasma. Relativistic effects reduce the speed of both waves.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 509 - 516
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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