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Small amplitude waves in high β plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

V. Formisano
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
C. F. Kennel
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, California

Abstract

We present a brief survey of the phase velocities and polarizations of linear waves in an infinite, uniform, high β plasma using the two-fluid approximation. Questions of wave-particle damping are deferred. Several features of high β plasma waves differ from the familiar low β case.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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