NON-FOURIER PLASMA ELECTRODYNAMICS

New exact analytical solutions describing the non-stationary propagati on of non-sine electromagnetic waves in plasma are obtained by direct solution of Maxwell equations without the traditional Fourier transfor mations. Unlike the usual travelling monochromatic waves the fields di scussed are distinguished by unequal periods of electric and magnetic oscillations, fast oscillative diffusion of the envelope and collision less damping of peak amplitudes due to strong plasma dispersion. The t ransformation of these non-sine fields to the trains of quasimonochrom atic waves in the depth of plasma is considered for both isotropic and magnetized plasmas.