Radiation of whistler waves in a magnetized plasma medium in the presence of density ducts
- Nizhnii Novgorod Univ. (Russian Federation)
We investigate the influence of density ducts on the radiation of given sources in a magnetoplasma. We obtain the full-wave solution for the problem of radiation from annular electric and magnetic currents in the presence of a plasma column (density duct) oriented along an external magnetic field and surrounded by a uniform background magnetoplasma. Both the discrete part of the spatial spectrum of excited waves and the continuous part of the spectrum are considered. We calculate the total radiated power and partial powers radiated in separate eigenmodes guided by the column. It is established that in the whistler frequency range the presence of a channel with enhanced plasma density can cause a considerable increase in the radiation power of annular sources. We give concrete estimations for the ionospheric conditions and compare these results with the results obtained previously for the case of a uniform magnetoplasma without density ducts.
- OSTI ID:
- 183665
- Journal Information:
- Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, Journal Name: Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 37; ISSN 0033-8443; ISSN RPQEAC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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