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Waves in magnetoplasma with a stochastic magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Y. S. Prahalad  and
M. L. Mittal
Y. S. Prahalad
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bombay 400 076 (India)
M. L. Mittal
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bombay 400 076 (India)
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Abstract

In the present analysis, a normal mode approach is used to study waves in a plasma subjected to a spatially uniform but temporally stochastic magnetic field. The first part deals with the evolution of circularly polarized transverse waves. Making a linear analysis, it is shown that the coherent waves are damped. The nature of the damping is determined by the Kubo number. In the second part, the nonlinear interaction of three coherent waves propagating along the magnetic field is analyzed. The coupling coefficients for the interaction of two circularly polarized waves and a longitudinal one are calculated. It is shown that for coherent waves, the system is equivalent to the interaction of two damped transverse modes with an undamped longitudinal one.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 311 - 320
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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