General properties of small-amplitude fluctuations in magnetized and unmagnetized collision poor plasmas. I. The dielectric tensor
General properties of small-amplitude fluctuations in magnetized and unmagnetized collision poor plasmas. I. The dielectric tensor
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磁化和非磁化碰撞不良等离子体中小幅度波动的一般特性。
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2010
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R. Schlickeiser
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R. Schlickeiser
The dielectric tensor of a collision poor plasma determines all the physical properties of small-amplitude fluctuations for given initial plasma particle distribution functions, as it enters the Maxwell operator as the only plasma-specific quantity. For the important class of gyrotropic initial particle distribution functions fa(0)(p∥,p⊥) in a uniform magnetic field, we rigorously investigate the general properties of the plasma fluctuations without specifying the explicit momentum dependence of the gyrotropic distribution function. Two alternative forms of the relativistically correct dielectric tensor are derived which differ from nonrelativistic expressions in the literature. The first standard form is expressed in terms of infinite series of Bessel functions, whereas in the second form these infinite series are calculated with the Lerche–Newberger sum rules, yielding products of Bessel functions with complex indices for the individual elements of the Maxwell operator. The second form of the dielectric...