Longitudinal fluctuations in a nonuniform collisional plasma with nonequilibrium particle distributions
Journal Article
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· Plasma Physics Reports
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation (Russian Federation)
The amplitudes of high-frequency longitudinal fluctuations excited by a nonequilibrium source in a nonuniform plasma are calculated. The results obtained are applicable to arbitrary nonequilibrium distributions of plasma particles in the absence of parametric instabilities. The spectra of probing waves scattered by fluctuations in a linear ionospheric plasma layer under conditions typical of experiments on incoherent radio wave scattering are found. The effects of electron-ion collisions and electron temperature anisotropy on the scattering intensity are demonstrated.
- OSTI ID:
- 21405966
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 35; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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