Publication details
Characteristics of Ordinary Mode in Fully Relativistic Electron Plasma
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/ab8133/pdf |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab8133 |
| Keywords | resonances; propagation regions; cutoffs; ordinary waves; relativistic plasma; tokamak; cyclotron harmonic |
| Description | Propagation characteristics (resonances, propagation regions, and cutoffs) of ordinary waves (perpendicularly propagating electromagnetic waves) are studied in a relativistic electron plasma by using the kinetic model. The dispersion relation for the ordinary mode (O-mode) in a relativistic electron plasma is investigated by employing the Maxwell-Boltzmann-Juttner distribution function. As the integration in the relativistic dispersion relation cannot be done analytically so an approximated value is obtained using the trapezoidal rule. Various modes of propagation for the ordinary waves are observed for each harmonic number n due to the relativistic effects defined by the value eta=mc2kBTe |