Self-ducting of large-amplitude Whistler waves

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975 · Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 35, no. 9, pp. 574-577

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.574· OSTI ID:4145643

Stenzel, R L

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, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 35, no. 9, pp. 574-577; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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