Whistler-mode Waves in a Hot Plasma
Edition: New edition
Series: Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780521018272
Subjects: Astrophysics; Space plasmas; Plasma waves; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Physics; Plasma waves Plasma waves; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Science-Physics; High temperature plasmas
First sentence: In view of the applications of our theory to the conditions of the Earth's magnetosphere the following assumptions are made: (1) The plasma is assumed to be homogeneous in the sense that its actual inhomogeneity does not influence its dispersion characteristics, instability or damping at any particular point, although in general these characteristics can change from one point to another.