Relativistically intense plane electromagnetic waves in electron-positron plasmas: Nonlinear self-modulation and harmonics generation regimes

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Shiryaev, O B ^a  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POSITRONS;

ELECTRON POSITRON PLASMAS; PHASE VELOCITIES; PLANE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; POLARIZED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD;

PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33751556185     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2370695     Document Type: Article

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