Interaction of electromagnetic waves with caustics in plasma flows
An electromagnetic wave (EMW) interacting with the moving singularity of the charged particle flux undergoes the reflection and absorption as well as frequency change due to Doppler effect and nonlinearity. The singularity corresponding to a caustic in plasma flow with inhomogeneous velocity can ari...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 2008-11, Vol.78 (5 Pt 2), p.056402-056402, Article 056402 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | An electromagnetic wave (EMW) interacting with the moving singularity of the charged particle flux undergoes the reflection and absorption as well as frequency change due to Doppler effect and nonlinearity. The singularity corresponding to a caustic in plasma flow with inhomogeneous velocity can arise during the breaking of the finite amplitude Langmuir waves due to nonlinear effects. A systematic analysis of the wave-breaking regimes and caustics formation is presented and the EMW reflection coefficients are calculated. |
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| ISSN: | 1539-3755 1550-2376 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.056402 |