Wavenumber shift of an obliquely propagating ion-cyclotron whistler
Abstract
An expression for the nonlinear wavenumber shift of an obiquely propagating ion-cyclotron whistler in the presence of negative ions are derived. The effects of the intensity of the wave, the ion-cyclotron frequency, the negative-ion concentration and the propagation angle on the wavenumber shift of whistlers is discussed. Numerical estimations are also made of the wavenumber shift.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377800013635
- Bibcode:
- 1989JPlPh..41...37P
- Keywords:
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- Ion Cyclotron Radiation;
- Ionospheric Ion Density;
- Negative Ions;
- Space Plasmas;
- Whistlers;
- Cold Plasmas;
- Collisionless Plasmas;
- Nonlinearity;
- Plasma Physics