The electrostatic wake of a superthermal test electron in a magnetized plasma -- from Wolfram Library Archive

Title

The electrostatic wake of a superthermal test electron in a magnetized plasma

Authors

A. A. Ware

J. C. Wiley

Journal / Anthology

Physics of Fluids B

Year:

1993

Volume:

Issue:

Page range:

2764-2768

Description

The electrostatic potential is determined for a test electron with upsilon|| >> upsilonTe in a uniform magnetized plasma (omegace >> omegape). In the frame of the test electron, part of the spatially oscillatory potential has spherical symmetry over the hemisphere to the rear of the electron and is zero ahead of the electron. A second part of different character, which makes the potential continuous at the plane containing the electron, is oscillatory in the radial direction but decreases almost monotonically in the axial direction.

Subjects

	Science > Physics > Electromagnetism
	Science > Physics > Plasma Physics

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