Electron velocity distribution function in a plasma with temperature gradient and in the presence of suprathermal electrons: application to incoherent-scatter plasma lines

The plasma dispersion function and the reduced velocity distribution function are calculated numerically for any arbitrary velocity distribution function with cylindrical symmetry along the magnetic field. The electron velocity distribution is separated into two distributions representing the di...

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Main Authors: P. Guio, J. Lilensten, W. Kofman, N. Bjørnå
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1998-10-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/16/1226/1998/angeo-16-1226-1998.pdf