Effects of field-aligned inhomogeneity on plasma wave coupling: Application of invariant imbedding method

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Dec 2004

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #SM23A-0491

Physics

2471 Plasma Waves And Instabilities, 2487 Wave Propagation (6934)

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In an inhomogeneous plasma, the plasma waves become complicated owing to the existence of local cutoff, coupling, and resonances. Since the plasma wave equations become coupled, it is often difficult to obtain the analytical solution. Approximations such as WKB and Bremmer series also become invalid near the local cutoff and discontinuities, and the singularities often give rise to complexity in interpreting the time-dependent solutions. We introduce a powerful technique of the invariant imbedding method (IIM), which is very useful in these kinds of coupled differential equations. With the aid of IIM, we can have an exact solution of plasma waves under certain conditions. In this work, we attempt to the wave coupling problem when parallel inhomogeneity is assumed in a magnetized plasma. We obtain the exact reflection and transmission as well as absorption coefficients when the wave propagates across such nonuniform region. It is discussed in detail how R and L waves are affected by the field-aligned nonuniform density by considering the mode conversion and reflection/transmission in the inhomogeneous region.

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