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In this paper, the nonlinear dispersion relation for whistlers in the ionosphere has been derived and then the group travel time for an ion-cyclotron whistler from its source to an observer at the satellite has been theoretically calculated. It is seen that the nonlinear effect has some important contribution in the expression of group travel time. Our present analysis gives a more correct result than that obtained by Gurnett and others. From numerical estimations, it is found that the group travel time of whistler may be changed reasonably due to nonlinear interaction of the wave and the plasma of ionosphere.
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Chakraborty, B., Das, G.C., Sur, A.K. et al. Nonlinear propagation of whistlers in the ionosphere. Astrophys Space Sci 123, 259–271 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653947
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