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On the parametric decay of a circularly polarized wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2010

LENNART STENFLO
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Linkoping University, SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
GERT BRODIN
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden (gert.brodin@physics.umu.se)

Abstract

The nonlinear decay of a circularly polarized wave is reconsidered. We deduce an explicit expression for the growth rate, and present it in a form which is significantly simpler than those of previous papers.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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