Surface waves in the presence of external high frequency fields

Gopalswamy, N and Krishan, S (1982) Surface waves in the presence of external high frequency fields. In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 24 (10). pp. 1277-1290.

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Abstract

The system equations of a collisionless, unmagnetized plasma, contained in a box where a high frequency (h.f.1 electric field is incident, are solved in the electrostatic approximation. The surface modes of the plasma in the semi-infinite and box geometry are investigated. In the high frequency limit, the mode frequencies are not significantly changed by the h.f. field but their group velocities can be quite different. Two long wavelength low frequency modes, which are not excited in the absence of h.f. field, are found. These modes are true surface modes (decaying on one wavelength from the surface) unlike the only low frequency ion acoustic mode in the zero field case. In the short wavelength limit the low frequency mode occurs at &/2, oi being the ion plasma frequency, a result similar to the case of no h.f. field.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Publisher:	Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Institute of Physics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2010 06:29
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:40
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/22180

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