NONLINEAR RESONANT INTERACTION OF MAGNETOSONIC AND ALFVEN WAVES IN A REFRACTIVE PLASMA-WAVE GUIDE WITH AN INCLINED MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
TAMOIKIN VV FAINSHTEIN SM TSYGANOV PV
Citation
Vv. Tamoikin et al., NONLINEAR RESONANT INTERACTION OF MAGNETOSONIC AND ALFVEN WAVES IN A REFRACTIVE PLASMA-WAVE GUIDE WITH AN INCLINED MAGNETIC-FIELD, Plasma physics reports, 23(2), 1997, pp. 144-150
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Plasma physics reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063780X
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
144 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-780X(1997)23:2<144:NRIOMA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The resonant parametric interaction of magnetosonic and Alfven modes i n a planar plasma waveguide with a nonuniform density profile and arbi trarily oriented magnetic field is analyzed. In the MHD approximation, by solving the nonlinear boundary problem, the simplified equations f or the complex amplitudes of interacting modes are obtained for the ca se of a parabolic plasma density profile. The growth rates of the deca y instability are determined.