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Excitation of whistler waves in a collisional magnetoplasma in the presence of ducts with enhanced density

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A study is made of the excitation of waves in the whistler frequency range by a given ring electric current in a collisional magnetoplasma in the presence of a cylindrical duct with enhanced density. It is shown that, under certain conditions, dissipative losses due to electron collisions in plasma can lead to a substantial redistribution of the source radiation power over the spatial spectrum of the modes guided by the duct, as compared to the case of a collisionless plasma. Numerical results are presented that illustrate these changes in the excitation efficiency of whistler modes.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Es’kin, A.V. Kudrin, 2009, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 834–845.

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Es’kin, V.A., Kudrin, A.V. Excitation of whistler waves in a collisional magnetoplasma in the presence of ducts with enhanced density. Plasma Phys. Rep. 35, 768–778 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X09090050

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