Nonlinear stage of the modulational instability of a whistler wave. Part 1
Abstract
The development of the modulational instability of a whistler wave is investigated in the linear and subsequent nonlinear stages. It is shown that some predictions of the linear theory remain valid up to the tirne when the wave amplitude modulation rate is of the order of unity.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- August 1987
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1987JPlPh..38..155K
- Keywords:
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- Frequency Modulation;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Stability;
- Whistlers;
- Linear Equations;
- Plane Waves;
- Plasma Physics