Wave-Particle Interactions in the Magnetospheric Plasma

Abstract

;Contents: Crude approximations to some aspects of three-dimensional magnetospheric dynamics; Effect of instabilities on ring current; Evaluation of limit on stably trapped particle flux; Particle lifetimes in strong diffusion; Particle saturation of the outer zone; Trapping of particles by waves in a non- uniform plasma; Phase-integral approximation of Pc-4 eigenfrequencies; Necessary conditions for bounce-resonant wave amplification; Electromagnetic radiation from a helically phased particle beam; Computer simulation of an ion beam antenna; Radiation from a line source carrying a traveling wave in a magnetoplasma.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780276

Entities

People

  • Michael Schulz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Charged Particles
  • Computational Science
  • Cyclotron Waves
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Low Altitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Particle Beams
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Refractive Index
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy