Open AccessON ELECTROMAGNETIC INSTABILITIES OF PLASMA (II)
Author(s) -
Quanming Lu
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.30.266
Subject(s) - physics , dispersion relation , electromagnetic radiation , instability , wave propagation , plasma , anisotropy , electromagnetic electron wave , classical mechanics , mechanics , dispersion (optics) , quantum electrodynamics , computational physics , optics , quantum mechanics
In paper [1], a strict and general instability criterion is obtained by analysing the geometric properties of the dispersion relation of electromagnetic waves in plasma with anisotropic velocity distribution, but the wave propagates only along one specific direction. In this paper, the propagation of electromagnetic waves along an arbitrary direction is discussed. The rigorous instability criterion is obtained.