Induced Scattering Due to Nonlinear Landau and Cyclotron Damping of Electromagnetic and Electrostatic Waves in a Magnetized Plasma
Abstract
General expressions of the matrix elements for nonlinear wave-particle scattering (nonlinear Landau and cyclotron damping) of electromagnetic and electrostatic waves in a homogeneous magnetized plasma are derived from the Vlasov-Maxwell equations. The kinetic wave equations obtained for electromagnetic waves are expressed by four-order tensors in the rotating and cartesian coordinates. No restrictions are imposed on the propagation angle to a uniform magnetic field, the Larmor radius, the frequencies, or the wave numbers. By electrostatic approximation of the dielectric tensor and the matrix elements the kinetic wave equations can be applied to the case in which two scattering waves are electrostatic or they are partially electrostatic. Further, the matrix elements in the limit of parallel or perpendicular propagation to the magnetic field are given.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- December 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1143/JPSJ.58.4455
- Bibcode:
- 1989JPSJ...58.4455S
- Keywords:
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- Cyclotron Radiation;
- Landau Damping;
- Plasma Waves;
- Plasma-Particle Interactions;
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Electrostatic Waves;
- Wave Equations;
- Wave Propagation;
- Plasma Physics