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An analysis is made of stable and unstable surface electromagnetic waves at the boundary of a planar moving plasma layer. It is shown that unlike an isolated tangential velocity discontinuity, both slow and fast waves may exist inside the layer. The maximum spatial growth rate of the oscillations is achieved for directions of wave propagation other than the direction of motion of the layer. Symmetric and antisymmetric waves relative to the symmetry plane of the layer have different critical angles from which their growth evolves and the range of angles where the flux is stable is determined by the smaller of these.
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Pis’ma Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 25, 50–55 (December 12, 1999)
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Sheinman, I.L., Kanareikin, A.D. & Sizova, E.A. Surface waves at a moving plasma layer. Tech. Phys. Lett. 25, 947–949 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1262690
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