WAVES IN A HOT ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMA.
Abstract
The propagation of waves in a hot, magnetized electron-hole plasma is studied. The direction of wave propagation and the ratio of masses of the particles are arbitrary. The electron and hole densities are not nescessarily equal but are constant throughout all space. Thermal motion is taken into account by a pressure term in the equations of motion. Dtailed dispersion curves are calculated for those parameters which characterize indium antimonide at 77K. Various particle densities and directions of propagation are considered. The possibility of plasma instabilities is examined in the weak coupling approximation. Consequently those parts of the dispersion curves corresponding to electron waves are redrawn with doppler shifted frequencies corresponding to an electron drift velocity. The intersections of these curves with the unshifted parts indicate possible wave instabilities. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0634926
Entities
People
- J. M. Mayr
Organizations
- Royal Institute of Technology