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Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 209–212 (1974)

Self-Modulation and Self-Focusing of Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas

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Claire Ellen Max* and Jonathan Arons†
University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

A. Bruce Langdon
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550

Received 22 April 1974; published in the issue dated 22 July 1974

The nonlinear frequency shift of a strong electromagnetic wave in a plasma, due to weak relativistic effects and the v⃗×B⃗ force, can cause modulation and self-focusing instabilities. These processes are explored, and their relation to self-focusing driven by the ponderomotive force is described.

© 1974 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.33.209
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.33.209
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*Physics Department. Work supported in part by U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Contract No. 44620-C-70-0028.

†Astronomy Department.

 
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