On the interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with the breaking plasma waves
Plasma Physics
2008-07-08 v1 Fluid Dynamics
General Physics
Abstract
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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@article{arxiv.0807.0953,
title = {On the interaction of the electromagnetic radiation with the breaking plasma waves},
author = {A. V. Panchenko and T. Zh. Esirkepov and A. S. Pirozhkov and M. Kando and F. F. Kamenets and S. V. Bulanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0953},
year = {2008}
}
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13 pages, 5 figures, two appendices