Nonlinear interaction of an intense electromagnetic wave with an unmagnetized electron—positron plasma

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Berezhiani ◽  
L. N. Tsintsadze ◽  
P. K. Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Wave ◽  
Wave Packet ◽  
Nonlinear Interaction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Relativistic Particle ◽  
Mass Variation ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
Density Perturbations ◽  
Longitudinal Plasma

The nonlinear interaction of an arbitrarily large-amplitude circularly polarized electromagnetic wave with an unmagnetized electron-positron plasma is considered, taking into account relativistic particle-mass variation as well as large-scale density perturbations created by radiation pressure. It is found that the interaction is governed by an equation for the electromagnetic wave envelope, which is coupled with a pair of equations describing fully nonlinear longitudinal plasma motions. The dynamics of the nonlinear electromagnetic wave packet is studied.

scholarly journals Dark and grey electromagnetic electron-cyclotron envelope solitons in an electron-positron magnetoplasma

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. SHUKLA ◽  
R. BINGHAM ◽  
A. D. R. PHELPS ◽  
L. STENFLO
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Electromagnetic Wave ◽  
External Magnetic Field ◽  
Wave Packet ◽  
Electron Cyclotron ◽  
Envelope Soliton ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Envelope Solitons ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
Cubic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

AbstractWe present an investigation of the amplitude modulation of an external magnetic field-aligned right-hand circularly polarized electromagnetic electron-cyclotron (EMEC) wave in a strongly magnetized electron-positron plasma. It is shown that the dynamics of the modulated EMEC wave packet is governed by a cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The latter reveals that a modulated wave packet can propagate in the form of either a dark or a grey envelope soliton. This result could have relevance to the transport of electromagnetic wave energy over long distances via envelope solitons in the magnetospheres of pulsars and magnetars.

Fast Large-Scale Algorithm for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in 3D Media

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell Tong Harris ◽  
M. Harper Langston ◽  
Pierre-David Letourneau ◽  
George Papanicolaou ◽  
James Ezick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Electromagnetic Wave ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation

scholarly journals Anisotropy of the Microwave Background and Biased Galaxy Formation

1988 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Nick Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Galaxy Clustering ◽  
Clear View ◽  
Hot Gas ◽  
Density Perturbations ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Theoretical Developments

Fluctuations in the microwave background will have been imprinted at z ≃ 1000, when the photons and the plasma decoupled. On angular scales greater than a few degrees these fluctuations provide a clear view of any primordial density perturbations, and therefore a clean test of theories which invoke such fluctuations from which to form the structure we see in the universe. On smaller angular scales the predictions are less certain: reionization of the gas may modify the spectrum of the primordial fluctuations, and secondary fluctuations may be generated.Here I shall review some recent theoretical developments. A brief survey is made of the currently popular theories for the primordial perturbations, with emphasis on the predictions for large scale anisotropy. One major uncetainty in the predictions arises from the normalisation of the fluctuations to e.g. galaxy clustering, and much attention is given to the question of ‘biased’ galaxy formation. The effect of reionization on the primordial fluctuations is discussed, as is the anisotropy generated from scattering off hot gas in clusters, groups and galaxies.

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