1995
Are relativistic effects significant for the analysis of whistler-mode waves in the earth's magnetosphere?
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It is pointed out that relativistic effects lead to an increase in whistler-mode refractive index and to a decrease in the range of frequencies for which instability of these waves occurs. The latter effect is particularly important in a rarefied plasma in a strong magnetic field where the electron plasma frequency (IT) is of the order of or smaller than the electron gyrofrequency (Ω). The condition II ≲ Ω is satisfied in some regions of the Earth’s magnetosphere (e.g. outside the plasmasphere near the magnetospheric equator) and in these regions the analysis of whistler-mode waves requires the weakly relativistic rather than the nonrelativistic approach even if the thermal velocities of magnetospheric particles are well below the velocity of light.
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| American Geophysical Union | |
| doi.org/10.1029/GM086p0139 | |
| Geophysical monograph | |
| Organisation | Computational Dynamics |
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Sazhin, S. S., Sumner, A. E., & Temme, N. (1995). Are relativistic effects significant for the analysis of whistler-mode waves in the earth's magnetosphere?. In Space Plasmas: Coupling Between Small and Medium Scale Processes (pp. 139–142). American Geophysical Union. doi:10.1029/GM086p0139 |
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