The ponderomotive force of a high-frequency electromagnetic field in a cold magnetized plasma
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 27 (2) , 215-224
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800026544
Abstract
An expression is derived for the ponderomotive force acting in a cold collisionless magnetized plasma in a high-frequency electromagnetic field. Some related topics, such as the magnetic moment and solenoidal currents induced by the HF field are considered. A microscopic approach is used. The results are in complete agreement with the general expression for the ponderomotive force in a liquid medium with frequency dispersion obtained earlier by Washimi & Karpman by means of phenomenological considerations.Keywords
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