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View SchemaAn Electrostatic Wave
| Authors | Kirk T. McDonald |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0312025 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0312025 |
Abstract
In general, Maxwell's equations require that a wave of electric field be accompanied by a wave of magnetic field, and vice versa. However, it is possible to have a plane wave in a dielectric medium with electric field E parallel to the wave vector k (a longitudinal wave) with no time-dependent magnetic field provided the electric displacement D is zero. We give an example from plasma physics: the so-called Bernstein wave.
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