Amplification of Extraordinary Waves through Relativistic Magnetized Plasma
- 13 October 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 35 (15), 998-1000
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.998
Abstract
We observe amplification of extraordinary waves which is interpreted as negative absorption of the relativistic magnetized plasma confined in a mirror machine. Experimental results are explained well by the relativistic kinetic theory with the assumption of an isotropic peaked distribution, .
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