Lifetime of nonlinear whistlers
Journal Article
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· Phys. Fluids; (United States)
The newly found time-derivative-dependent ponderomotive force and velocity modulation contributions in nonlinear whistler wave propagation are incorporated into the multidimensional stability analysis. It is shown by the Liapunov method that stable one-dimensional whistler solitons exist. As a further result, it is demonstrated that the growth rate of the transverse bending instability, which is driven by the time-derivative-dependent ponderomotive force, is insignificant. This implies the observability of whistler solitons.
- Research Organization:
- Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Essen, D-4300 Essen, Federal Republic of Germany
- OSTI ID:
- 6766076
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 25:10; ISSN PFLDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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