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Propagation of hydromagnetic waves in a cold plasma mixed with hot ions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Hiromitsu Hamabata  and
Tomikazu Namikawa
Hiromitsu Hamabata
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558, Japan
Tomikazu Namikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558, Japan
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Abstract

The propagation of small-amplitude hydromagnetic waves in a cold plasma mixed with hot ions is investigated using the first-order CGL equations for ions. It is assumed that in an equilibrium state the ions consist of two components, cold ions and hot ions with bi-Maxwellians. Propagation properties of hydro-magnetic waves are analysed by use of phase speed and refractive index surfaces, polarization and the amplitude ratio between perturbed density and magnetic field. It is shown that the existence of cold ions affects the properties of hydro-magnetic waves through finite frequency corrections only when the temperature anisotropy exists; and that the critical angle, at which the polarization sense changes from right-handed to left-handed as well as from left-handed to right-handed, can exist for intermediate and slow waves.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , June 1985 , pp. 443 - 453
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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