Parametric instabilities below the electron plasma frequency due to relativistic corrections
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 13 (2) , 887-890
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.13.887
Abstract
We present a model which describes the interaction of a cold homogeneous plasma with a strong linearly polarized external electromagnetic wave, taking into account relativistic terms. Instabilities appear for transverse and longitudinal waves when the pump-field frequency is at the same time below the electron plasma frequency and above but very near the cutoff frequency obtained by Kaw and Dawson with a nonlinear relativistic theory.Keywords
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