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Waves in a paramagnetic plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

W. Bantikassegn
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
V. N. Mal'nev
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

The permittivity tensor Є¸(K, ω) of an electron–ion plasma with paramagnetic atoms as neutral component (a paramagnetic plasma) is obtained. Based on this tensor, new types of slow electromagnetic waves in the paramagnetic plasma are predicted.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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