DYNAMIC NON-LINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION IN IONIZED MEDIA. 9. A NON-LINEAR COUPLING MECHANISM FOR GENERATION OF VERY LOW FREQUENCY WAVES,

Abstract

The generation of mixed-frequency fields by interaction of a longitudinal space-charge wave, carried by an electron stream through a plasma, and an electromagnetic wave - or a gyro-wave is studied. The direction of propagation of the interacting waves, of different frequencies, is assumed to coincide with that of a static magnetic field. It is demonstrated that the generated difference-frequency field may propagate as an electron gyro-wave or possibly as an ion gyro-wave or even hydromagnetic wave, if the difference-frequency is sufficiently small and the effect of collisions negligible. The investigation is limited to the case of an infinitely extended homogeneous medium. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0415427

Entities

People

  • K. H. B. Wilhelmsson

Organizations

  • Chalmers University of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Couplings
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Difference Frequency
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Space Charge
  • Very Low Frequency
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster