Observation of the reactive component of Langmuir wave phase‐bunched electrons

C. A Kletzing; S. R Bounds; J LaBelle; M Samara

doi:10.1029/2004GL021175

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Observation of the reactive component of Langmuir wave phase‐bunched electrons

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Observation of the reactive component of Langmuir wave phase‐bunched electrons

C. A Kletzing, S. R Bounds, J LaBelle and M Samara

Geophysical research letters, Vol.32(5), pp.L05106-n/a

03/2005

DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021175

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Abstract

Observations from a new wave‐particle correlator show clear evidence of phase bunching of the electrons by a monochromatic Langmuir wave electric field which varied slowly in amplitude. The electrons are found to be bunched at 90° with respect to the wave field indicating that they are the reactive component of the perturbed distribution function. This is in agreement with theory that predicts this phase relation for the transit of electrons through a very long wave field.

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Title: Subtitle: Observation of the reactive component of Langmuir wave phase‐bunched electrons
Creators: C. A Kletzing - University of Iowa
S. R Bounds - University of Iowa
J LaBelle - Dartmouth College
M Samara - Dartmouth College
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Geophysical research letters, Vol.32(5), pp.L05106-n/a
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021175
ISSN: 0094-8276
eISSN: 1944-8007
Number of pages: 4
Language: English
Date published: 03/2005
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984199824302771

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