Whistler sideband instability
- 1 May 1975
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 18 (5), 575-584
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.861173
Abstract
Resonant electrons in a large‐amplitude whistler wave acquire a correlation in phase of their perpendicular velocities with respect to the wave magnetic field, which results in unstable growth of other whistler waves with frequencies near the main wave frequency. This instability is analyzed and the results of the analysis are compared with computer simulations.Keywords
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