Model expressions for refractive indices of electron waves in cold magnetoactive plasma

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Main Authors: Shklyar, D. R., Artekha, N. S.
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Artekha, N. S.
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Artekha, N. S.
contents Despite the undoubted importance of having fairly simple analytical expressions for the refractive indices of wave modes in a magnetoactive plasma, such expressions are known only in some particular cases. For electron waves with frequencies much higher than the lower hybrid resonance frequency, such an expression is known only for whistler waves in a dense plasma when the electron plasma frequency significantly exceeds the electron cyclotron frequency. In this Letter, we propose simple operational expressions for the refractive indices of all four electron modes in a magnetoactive plasma, namely, the fast magnetosonic, also called whistler mode, the slow extraordinary mode, the ordinary mode, and the fast extraordinary mode. The form of these expressions does not depend on the value of the ratio of plasma frequency to cyclotron frequency.
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spellingShingle Model expressions for refractive indices of electron waves in cold magnetoactive plasma
Shklyar, D. R.
Artekha, N. S.
Plasma Physics
Despite the undoubted importance of having fairly simple analytical expressions for the refractive indices of wave modes in a magnetoactive plasma, such expressions are known only in some particular cases. For electron waves with frequencies much higher than the lower hybrid resonance frequency, such an expression is known only for whistler waves in a dense plasma when the electron plasma frequency significantly exceeds the electron cyclotron frequency. In this Letter, we propose simple operational expressions for the refractive indices of all four electron modes in a magnetoactive plasma, namely, the fast magnetosonic, also called whistler mode, the slow extraordinary mode, the ordinary mode, and the fast extraordinary mode. The form of these expressions does not depend on the value of the ratio of plasma frequency to cyclotron frequency.
title Model expressions for refractive indices of electron waves in cold magnetoactive plasma
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03023