Kinetic effects on the parametric decays of Alfven waves in relativistic pair plasmas

被引:9
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作者
Munoz, V. [1 ]
Hada, T.
Matsukiyo, S.
机构
[1] Kyushu Univ, Dept Earth Syst Sci & Technol, Fukuoka 812, Japan
[2] Univ Chile, Fac Ciencias, Dept Fis, Santiago, Chile
来源
EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE | 2006年 / 58卷 / 09期
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
parametric decays; Alfven waves; relativistic plasma; electron-positron plasma;
D O I
10.1186/BF03352012
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Parametric decays of a circularly polarized wave propagating along a constant magnetic field in an electron-positron plasma are studied. Fully relativistic effects on the particle velocity in the wave field are considered, as well as kinetic effects in the parallel direction, by means of a one-dimensional relativistic Vlasov equation. In this approximation, a dispersion relation is found for the parametric decays which describes the coupling between normal modes of the system, namely electromagnetic sideband modes and Langmuir waves.
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页码:1213 / 1217
页数:5
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