LARGE-AMPLITUDE TRAVELING ELECTROMAGNETIC-WAVES IN COLLISIONLESS MAGNETOPLASMAS

被引:11
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作者
CHEN, C
DAVIES, JA
ZHANG, G
WURTELE, JS
机构
[1] MIT,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[2] CLARK UNIV,DEPT PHYS,WORCESTER,MA 01610
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.73
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
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 fast electromagnetic waves and (slow) electromagnetic whistler waves, The wave characteristics are discussed for the case of a trapped-particle distribution function.
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页码:73 / 76
页数:4
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