On reflexion and trapping of upper-hybrid waves
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 29 (2), 195-215
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800000702
Abstract
The theme of the paper is the relation between the so-called Z mode and the upper-hybrid wave in a magnetized plasma. First, certain problems as to reflexion and transmission of upper-hybrid waves at quasi cut-off (that is, cut-off predicted within electrostatic approximation) are stated and solved by singular perturbation technique. Then the theory is extended to a problem concerning generation and trapping of upper-hybrid waves in magnetic field aligned electron density irregularities. First a single density depression is considered, and then the formalism is further extended to a system of many parallel density depressions. The study was motivated by problems in the theory of artificial small-scale ionospheric irregularities occurring in radio wave experiments.Keywords
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