Scattering of Lower Hybrid Waves in a Magnetized Plasma

Abstract

In this paper, the Maxwell equations for the electric field in a cold magnetized plasma in the half-space of x≥0 cm are solved. The boundary conditions for the electric field include a pointwise source at the plane x=0 cm, the derivatives of the electric field that are zero statV/cm2 at x=0 cm, and the field with all its derivatives that are zero at infinity. The solution is explored in terms of the Laplace transform in x and the Fourier transform in y-z directions. The expressions of the field components are obtained by the inverse Laplace transform and the inverse Fourier transform. The saddle-point technique and power expansion have been used for evaluating the inverse Fourier transform. The model represents the propagation of a lower hybrid wave generated by a pointwise antenna located at the boundary of the plasma. Here, the antenna is the boundary condition. The validation of the model is performed assuming that the electric field component Ey=0 statV/cm and by comparing it with the model of electromagnetic waves generated by a local small antenna located near the boundary of a tokamak, and an experiment is suggested.

Keywords

• dielectric tensor
• dispersion relations
• electric field