Large-amplitude traveling electromagnetic waves in collisionless magnetoplasmas

Journal Article · Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.73· OSTI ID:7285293

Chen, C; Davies, J A; Zhang, G; Wurtele, J S ^[1]

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1. Plasma Fusion Center and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

A class of exact large-amplitude traveling-wave solutions to the nonlinear Vlasov-Maxwell equations describing a one-dimensional collisionless magnetized plasma is obtained. These waves are complementary to the electrostatic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal modes and can be classified as nonlinear {ital fast} electromagnetic waves and ({ital slow}) electromagnetic whistler waves. The wave characteristics are discussed for the case of a trapped-particle distribution function.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89ER14052
• OSTI ID: 7285293
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 69:1; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700340* -- Plasma Waves
Oscillations
& Instabilities-- (1992-)
AMPLITUDES
BERNSTEIN MODE
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
COLLISIONLESS PLASMA
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUATIONS
FUNCTIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NOISE
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
OSCILLATION MODES
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA
RADIATIONS
RADIO NOISE
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
TRANSFORMATIONS
TRAPPING
TRAVELLING WAVES
WHISTLERS