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Whistler solitons in plasma with anisotropic hot electron admixture

  • G. V. Khazanov
  • , E. N. Krivorutsky
  • , D. L. Gallagher
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

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Abstract

The longitudinal and transverse modulation instability of whistler waves in plasma, with a small admixture of hot anisotropic electrons, is discussed. If the hot particles temperature anisotropy is positive, it is found that, in such plasma, longitudinal perturbations can lead to soliton formation for frequencies forbidden in cold plasma. The soliton is enriched by hot particles. The frequency region unstable to transverse modulation in cold plasma in the presence of hot electrons is divided by stable domains. For both cases the role of hot electrons is more significant for whistlers with smaller frequencies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3794-3798
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume6
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1999
Externally publishedYes

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