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Waves in cold plasmas
Subsections
Introduction
Plane waves in a homogeneous plasma
The cold-plasma dielectric permittivity
The cold-plasma dispersion relation
Polarization
Cutoff and resonance
Waves in an unmagnetized plasma
Low-frequency wave propagation in a magnetized plasma
Wave propagation parallel to the magnetic field
Wave propagation perpendicular to the magnetic field
Wave propagation through an inhomogeneous plasma
Cutoffs
Resonances
The resonant layer
Collisional damping
Pulse propagation
Ray tracing
Radio wave propagation through the ionosphere
Richard Fitzpatrick 2006-02-16