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Title: Self-ducting of large-amplitude Whistler waves

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 35, no. 9, pp. 574-577

Whistler waves are launched from an electric dipole of length L in a large-volume laboratory plasma. With increasing wave amplitude the radiation pattern narrows and finally forms a duct of diameter dapprox. =Lapprox. =lambda/ sub perpendicular/. The ducted waves propagate nearly undamped. The observed nonlinear effects are explained by wave-particle interactions.

Research Organization:
TRW Systems, Redondo Beach, California 90278
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-33-000362
OSTI ID:
4145643
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 35, no. 9, pp. 574-577, Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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