On the conical refraction of hydromagnetic waves in plasma with anisotropic thermal pressure
Author(s) -
D. Tsiklauri
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physics of plasmas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1089-7674
pISSN - 1070-664X
DOI - 10.1063/1.871780
Subject(s) - physics , conical surface , plasma , refraction , anisotropy , thermal , mechanics , computational physics , classical mechanics , optics , geometry , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics , mathematics
A phenomenon analogous to the conical refraction widely known in thecrystalooptics and crystaloacoustics is discovered for themagnetohydrodynamical waves in the collisionless plasma with anisotropicthermal pressure. Angle of the conical refraction is calculated for the mediumunder study which is predicted to be $18^{\circ}26^{\prime}$. Possibleexperimental corroborating of the discovered phenomenon is discussed.Comment: 6 pages, REVTeX, Accepted in Physics of Plasma
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