The dispersion equation for plasma waves

✍ Scribed by N.G. Van Kampen

• Book ID: 104162661
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1957
• Weight: 505 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0031-8914
• DOI: 10.1016/s0031-8914(57)93718-7

✦ Synopsis

Different opinions concerning the correct form -and the very existence -of the dispersion equation for waves in plasmas have appeared in the literature. The ori#n of these differences is here discussed. *) For an investigation on the applicability of this assumption to gas discharges see E. A. Ash and D. Gabor, Proc. roy. Soc. (A) 228 (1955) 477. *) 'improper' refers to the fact that they are not square integr-able, which shows up by the appearance of a ~-function.