Electromagnetic Plasma Wave Propagation Along a Magnetic Field (Short Summary of Doctoral Dissertation),
Abstract
A sizable portion of the plasma physics research done to date involves the theory of waves in plasmas. Of fundamental interest are calculations or experiments concerning the damping (or growth) of the basic types of wave motion a plasma can support. Two types of problems are readily discernible: the initial-value problem in which a wave is imposed on the plasma at some specific time, and it is desired to know how the plasma response decays (or grows) in time; and the steady-state problem in which a wave is continuously excited at some point in a plasma, and it is desired to know how the plasma response decays (or grows) in distance. One will be concerned with the steady-state problem since it should be more readily realizable experimentally. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0714159
Entities
People
- Craig L. Olson
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles