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Loss-cone index in distribution function in a hot magnetized plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2007

R. P. SINGHAL  and
A. K. TRIPATHI
R. P. SINGHAL
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India (rpsinghal@bhu.ac.in; aktrip2001@yahoo.co.in)
A. K. TRIPATHI
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India (rpsinghal@bhu.ac.in; aktrip2001@yahoo.co.in)
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Abstract.

The components of the dielectric tensor for the distribution function given by Leubner and Schupfer have been obtained. The effect of the loss-cone index appearing in the particle distribution function in a hot magnetized plasma has been studied. A case study has been performed to calculate temporal growth rates of Bernstein waves using the distribution function given by Summers and Thorne and Leubner and Schupfer. The effect of the loss-cone index on growth rates is found to be quite different for the two distribution functions.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 207 - 214
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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