Potential surface waves in anisotropic plasma

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X16060015· OSTI ID:22614118

Uryupin, S. A. ^[1]; Frolov, A. A. ^[2]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Joint Institute for High Temperatures (Russian Federation)

The dependences of the frequency and damping rate of a potential surface wave on the wavenumber and the degree of anisotropy of a bi-Maxwellian electron distribution characterized by different temperatures along and across the plasma surface are established. It is demonstrated that the influence of electron thermal motion along the plasma surface on the surface wave properties is similar to the influence of thermal motion on the properties of a bulk Langmuir wave. On the contrary, thermal motion across the surface qualitatively affects the dispersion relation and substantially increases the damping rate.

• OSTI ID: 22614118
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 42, Issue 6; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANISOTROPY
BOLTZMANN STATISTICS
DISPERSION RELATIONS
ELECTRONS
PLASMA
SURFACES
WAVE PROPAGATION