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Physics of Plasmas / Volume 19 / Issue 1 / LETTERS

Phys. Plasmas 19, 010701 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3676157 (4 pages)

Chorus wave amplification: A free electron laser in the Earth’s magnetosphere

A. R. Soto-Chavez1, A. Bhattacharjee1, and C. S. Ng2

1Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
2Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA

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(Received 6 October 2011; accepted 28 November 2011; published online 6 January 2012)

A new theoretical model for whistler-mode chorus amplification in the Earth’s magnetosphere is presented. We derive, based on the free-electron laser mechanism in a high-gain amplifier, a new closed set of self-consistent relativistic equations that couple the Hamiltonian equations for particles with Maxwell’s equations. We demonstrate that these equations predict, through a cubic equation, whistler amplification levels in good agreement with those observed in the Earth’s magnetosphere.

© 2012 American Institute of Physics

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

atmospheric techniques, free electron lasers, Maxwell equations, radiation belts, relativistic plasmas, whistlers

PACS

  • 94.80.+g

    Instrumentation for space plasma physics, ionosphere, and magnetosphere

  • 41.60.Cr

    Free-electron lasers

  • 52.27.Ny

    Relativistic plasmas

  • 94.30.Tz

    Electromagnetic wave propagation

  • 94.30.Xy

    Radiation belts

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3676157

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1070-664X (print)  
1089-7674 (online)

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