Published May 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonextensive statistics and skin depth of transverse wave in collisional plasma

  • 1. Faculty of Physics, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

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Skin depth of transverse wave in a collisional plasma is studied taking into account the nonextensive electron distribution function. Considering the kinetic theory for charge particles and using the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook collision model, a generalized transverse dielectric permittivity is obtained. The transverse dispersion relation in different frequency ranges is investigated. Obtaining the imaginary part of the wave vector from the dispersion relation, the skin depth for these frequency ranges is also achieved. Profiles of the skin depth show that by increasing the q parameter, the penetration depth decreases. In addition, the skin depth increases by increasing the electron temperature. Finally, it is found that in the high frequency range and high electron temperature, the penetration depth decreases by increasing the collision frequency. In contrast, by increasing the collision frequency in a highly collisional frequency range, the skin depth of transverse wave increases.

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Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

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