Solutions of a fourth-order differential equation describing mode conversion in a magnetized plasma

DOI10.1063/1.526277MaRDI QIDQ3735375zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. E. Maggs, A. jun. Baños, Gerard John Alva Morales

Publication date 1984

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.526277

zbMATH Keywords

singularityconfluent hypergeometric functionsturning pointpower seriesmagnetized plasmaAiry functionssecond-order equationmode conversionintegral representations of solutionsboundary layer phenomenaplasma resonancea fourth-order differential equationhigh frequency electrostatic wavesLaplace integral techniquelongitudinal density gradient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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