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Propagation of electronic longitudinal modes in a truncated maxwellian plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. P. Treguier  and
D. Henry
J. P. Treguier
Affiliation:
Department CPM/PMT – Centre National d' Etudes des Télécommunications - 22301 Lannion - France
D. Henry
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches en Physique de l' Environnement Terrestre et Planétaire (C.N.E.T./C.N.R.S.)45045 - Orleans la Source - France
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Abstract

This paper is a theoretical and experimental study of the propagation of longitudinal electron waves in a collisionless, homogeneous, isotropic plasma, whose velocity distribution function is a truncated Maxwellian. Using the method of residues and numerical calculation, the behaviour of the electric field is found to be in good agreement with experimental results. The plasma parameters can be deduced from the theoretical dispersion curves matching the experimental points; they are found to agree well with those measured by electrostatic probes. In conclusion, a pragmatic approach to the resolution of the plasma inverse problem is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , June 1976 , pp. 447 - 461
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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