Nonlinear stage of the modulational instability of a whistler wave. Part 1
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 38 (1) , 155-167
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800012460
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.Keywords
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