Nonlinear dynamics of an ordinary electromagnetic mode in a pair plasma

Citation
Gz. Machabeli et al., Nonlinear dynamics of an ordinary electromagnetic mode in a pair plasma, PHYS REV E, 59(4), 1999, pp. 4552-4558
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4552 - 4558
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199904)59:4<4552:NDOAOE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Nonlinear generation of an ordinary electromagnetic mode (o mode), which ha s high phase velocity (upsilon(ph)much greater than c), and at the same tim e, is almost longitudinal for long wavelengths, is discussed in an electron -positron plasma. The solution of the problem of increasing energy ("plasmo n condensate") of the long-wavelength o mode based on modulations of the wa ve by the beat wave of two higher frequency transverse electromagnetic wave s (propagating along the external magnetic field) is proposed. The system o f equations describing three-dimensional nonlinear dynamics of this "superl uminal" o mode is derived and analytical solution for the modulated wave is found. The generated waves can have components propagating obliquely to th e magnetic field. Important consequences of the effect to processes in puls ar's magnetospheres, in particular, the pulsar radio emission, are discusse d.