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Nonlinear upper hybrid drift waves for a longitudinal electric field perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field in the Vlasov-Maxwell approximationUpper hybrid drift waves are found as a special solution to a Vlasov-Maxwell plasma which has a longitudinal electric field and a perpendicular uniform magnetic field. A single-species plasma with a constant-density mobile neutralizing background supports spatially varying disturbances that oscillate at the upper hybrid frequency. The general functional dependences of the electric field, the plasma number density, and the one-particle distribution function for the special case are found from more general Vlasov-Maxwell equations invariant under a Lie group point transformation. The one-particle distribution function for the plasma is a function of the Liouville invariant, which is the energy in the generalized Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) reference frame, and the momentum in the drift direction.
Document ID
19860039237
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Abraham-Shrauner, B.
(Washington University St. Louis, MO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume: PS-14
ISSN: 0093-3813
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
86A23975
Distribution Limits
Public
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