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Four-wave interactions in plasmas

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The interaction of four waves in a warm magnetized plasma is studied using a Lagrangian formalism. General expressions for coupling coefficients are presented and the coupled-mode equations describing the interaction are derived.

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  1. School of Mathematics, University of Wales, U.C.N.W., LL57 2UW, Bangor, UK

    T. J. M. Boyd

  2. School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Central London, W1M 8JS, London, UK

    J. G. Turner

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Boyd, T.J.M., Turner, J.G. Four-wave interactions in plasmas. Lett Math Phys 1, 477–484 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399739

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