Kinetic Theory of Electrostatic Surface Waves in a Magnetized Plasma Slab

Kinetic Theory of Electrostatic Surface Waves in a Magnetized Plasma Slab

The dispersion relation of electrostatic surface waves propagating in a magnetized plasma slab is derived from Vlasov-Poisson equations under the specular reflection boundary condition. We consider the case that the static magnetic field is parallel to the plasma-vacuum interface and the surface wave propagates obliquely to the magnetic field on the parallel plane. We find that the specular ref...

Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves With a Magnetized Nonuniform Plasma Slab

The absorption, reflection, and transmission of electromagnetic waves by a nonuniform plasma slab immersed in an ambient uniform magnetic field of various strengths are studied in this paper. The effects of the plasma parameters and magnetic field strength on the absorbed, reflected, and transmitted power are discussed. The magnetized nonuniform plasma slab is modeled by a series of magnetized ...

Ion Dynamics in Multiple Electrostatic Waves in a Magnetized Plasma

A general theoretical study of the dynamics of ions interacting with multiple elec-trostatic waves, propagating perpendicularly to a uniform magnetic field, is performed. For appropriately chosen frequencies and wavenumbers we discover a new nonlinear phenomenon of coherent acceleration (or deceleration) which energizes (or extracts energy from) ions. Ions whose initial energies are below the l...

Kinetic theory of flowing, magnetized plasma

This work derives a drift-kinetic equation—that is, a kinetic equation for guiding-center motion—for a magnetized plasma whose flow velocity is comparable to its thermal speed. Such rapidly flowing plasmas play an increasingly important role in several areas of plasma physics research. For example, they occur in a number of astrophysical phenomena, such as galactic jets; they play a key role in...

Surface waves in a magnetized ferrite slab filled with a wire medium