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Relativistic electromagnetic waves in an electron-ion plasma
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kennel, Charles F. Chian, Abraham C.-L. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | High power laser beams can drive plasma particles to relativistic energies. An accurate description of strong waves requires the inclusion of ion dynamics in the analysis. The equations governing the propagation of relativistic electromagnetic waves in a cold electron-ion plasma can be reduced to two equations expressing conservation of energy-momentum of the system. The two conservation constants are functions of the plasma stream velocity, the wave velocity, the wave amplitude, and the electron-ion mass ratio. The dynamic parameter, expressing electron-ion momentum conversation in the laboratory frame, can be regarded as an adjustable quantity, a suitable choice of which will yield self-consistent solutions when other plasma parameters were specified. Circularly polarized electromagnetic waves and electrostatic plasma waves are used as illustrations. |
| File Size | 1480218 |
| Page Count | 18 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19880007150 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5p895n42 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Wave Propagation Circular Polarization Laser Plasma Interactions High Power Lasers Relativistic Theory Electromagnetic Radiation Nonlinearity Equations of Motion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
