Parametric Instabilities in Strongly Relativistic, Plane Polarized Electromagnetic Waves,

Abstract

The authors investigate the stability of long wavelength, plane polarized electromagnetic waves when the oscillatory energy of the electrons exceeds their energy. The strong electron mass variation destabilizes electron modes polarized along the electric field of the pump (E sub 0). The electron and ion modes decouple in the presence of such an intense pump and hence the ions do not strongly influence the instability.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015328

Entities

People

  • J. F. Drake
  • N. L. Tsintsadze
  • Y. C. Lee

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Instability
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Parametric Instability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics