Published April 1989 | Version v1
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Whistler instability in a magnetospheric duct

Creators

  • 1. Indian Inst. of Tech., New Delhi (India). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., New Delhi (India). School of Environmental Sciences

Description

A whistler wave propagating through a preformed magnetospheric duct is susceptible to growth/amplification by an electron beam. The interaction is non-local and could be of Cerenkov or slow-cyclotron type. First-order perturbation theory is employed to obtain the growth rate for flat and Gaussian beam densities. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Plasma Physics
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
pt.2
Series
J. Plasma Phys.
Journal Page Range
231-238
ISSN
0022-3778
CODEN
JPLPB

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
21000534
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DUCTS; EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRON BEAMS; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; INTERACTIONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WHISTLERS
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LEPTON BEAMS; NOISE; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATIONS; RADIO NOISE; RADIOWAVE RADIATION