Preference of Right-Handed Whistler Modes and Helicon Discharge Directionality due to Plasma Density Gradients
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| author | Granetzny, Marcel Schmitz, Oliver Zepp, Michael |
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| contents | Whistlers are magnetized plasma waves in planetary magnetospheres. Bounded whistlers, known as helicons, can create high-density laboratory plasmas. We demonstrate reversal of the plasma discharge direction by changing either antenna helicity or magnetic field direction. Simulations reproduce these findings only in the presence of a radial density gradient. Inclusion of such a gradient in the wave equation gives rise to azimuthal shear currents which for the first time consistently explains the preference of right- over left-handed whistlers and the discharge directionality in helicon plasmas. |
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| spellingShingle | Preference of Right-Handed Whistler Modes and Helicon Discharge Directionality due to Plasma Density Gradients Granetzny, Marcel Schmitz, Oliver Zepp, Michael Plasma Physics Whistlers are magnetized plasma waves in planetary magnetospheres. Bounded whistlers, known as helicons, can create high-density laboratory plasmas. We demonstrate reversal of the plasma discharge direction by changing either antenna helicity or magnetic field direction. Simulations reproduce these findings only in the presence of a radial density gradient. Inclusion of such a gradient in the wave equation gives rise to azimuthal shear currents which for the first time consistently explains the preference of right- over left-handed whistlers and the discharge directionality in helicon plasmas. |
| title | Preference of Right-Handed Whistler Modes and Helicon Discharge Directionality due to Plasma Density Gradients |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11401 |