A solution to the linear wave conversion problem in weakly inhomogeneous plasmas

DOI10.1063/1.864405zbMath0529.76116OpenAlexW2075321936MaRDI QIDQ3311941

D. J. D. Gambier, J. P. M. Schmitt

Publication date: 1983

Published in: The Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864405

zbMATH Keywords

fourth-order problemsweakly inhomogeneous plasmaapproximated by Laplace equationconversion layergeneral solution in terms of contour integralsion-cyclotron fast-wave and lower-hybrid wave conversiontransformations on contourswave equation for electromagnetic and electrostatic wavesWKBJ asymptotic solutions on sides of layer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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