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Three-wave coupling coefficients for non-uniform plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

T. Lindgren
Affiliation:
Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, S–901 87, Umeå, Sweden
J. Larsson
Affiliation:
Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, S–901 87, Umeå, Sweden
L. Stenflo
Affiliation:
Department of Plasma Physics, Umeå University, S–901 87, Umeå, Sweden

Abstract

Resonant three-wave interaction in a spatially non-uniform magnetized fluid plasma is considered. We calculate the coupling coefficients Vj for wave propagation in arbitrary directions and demonstrate that new terms, which appear in Vj owing to the presence of density gradients, can dominate actual wave coupling processes.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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