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Nonlinear stage of the modulational instability of a whistler wave. Part 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

V. I. Karpman  and
A. G. Shagalov
V. I. Karpman
Affiliation:
IZMIRAN, Academic City, Moscow Region, 142092, USSR
A. G. Shagalov
Affiliation:
IZMIRAN, Academic City, Moscow Region, 142092, USSR
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Abstract

The development of the modulational instability of a whistler wave is investigated in the linear and subsequent nonlinear stages. It is shown that some predictions of the linear theory remain valid up to the tirne when the wave amplitude modulation rate is of the order of unity.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , August 1987 , pp. 155 - 167
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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