Abstract:We present a systematic investigation of the right-hand waves propagating along a uniform magnetic field in a homogeneous, unbounded plasma made up of electrons, positive ions, and negative ions. It is shown first that negative ions give rise to a new resonance, a new stop-band, a new ion whistler, and an ion cyclotron wave in the right-hand mode of propagation. We study also the thermal effect of the plasma, comparing the dispersion characteristics for three distributions: the Lorentz, Cauchy, and Maxwell dis… Show more
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