Polarization evolution of radiation propagating in weakly nonuniform magnetized plasma with dissipation

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2806-2810

  Segre, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TENSORS;

DIELECTRIC TENSOR; DIFFERENTIAL MUELLER MATRIX; PARTICLE COLLISIONS; POLARIZATION EVOLUTION;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 0345377586     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/22/006     Document Type: Article

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