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Propagation of Oblique E Waves in a Warm Plane Stratified Plasma
Author(s) -
Tang Tingwei
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs005i001p00111
Subject(s) - physics , plasma , wave propagation , oblique case , electromagnetic electron wave , electromagnetic radiation , quantum electrodynamics , dispersion relation , computational physics , mechanics , classical mechanics , optics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , linguistics
In this paper, the propagation of an oblique E ‐mode electromagnetic wave in a plane stratified collision‐free plasma is investigated. A singularity associated with the electric field near the plasma resonance is shown to disappear when the effect of the finite temperature of the plasma is taken into account. By allowing for a weak spatial dispersion, a fourth‐order warm‐plasma field equation is obtained, and a connection formula based on an analytical continuation of integral solutions is deduced. The connection formula is then applied to the problem of mode coupling between electromagnetic E waves and electrostatic plasma waves.