Hydromagnetic Wave Propagation near Ion Cyclotron Resonance

Wave dispersion near cyclotron resonance in pulsar plasmas.

In a standard pulsar model, the radio emission is produced in the relativistic, strongly magnetized electron-positron plasma in the polar-cap region of the magnetosphere. Waves are generated well below the cyclotron frequency and must propagate through the cyclotron resonance region where they are affected by the resonance. Wave dispersion near the cyclotron resonance is discussed in the formal...

In Ion-cyclotron Resonance Heating

We determine the conditions under which the damping of the fast Alfven wave, used in the heating of tokamak plasmas, can be described by the geometrical optics approximations. Also, for these conditions, we derive an analytical formula which explicitly determines the amount of energy which is damped onto the plasma particles by the fast wave. The conditions for the validity of the geometrical o...

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source