Extraordinary Drift Wave in Space and Cylindrically Bounded Heavy Ion Plasmas

TL;DR

This paper investigates electrostatic and electromagnetic wave behaviors in space and laboratory plasmas with heavy ions, highlighting their applications in ionospheric and cylindrically bounded plasma experiments within a specific frequency range.

Contribution

It introduces the existence and characteristics of electrostatic and electromagnetic waves in heavy ion plasmas under hybrid frequency conditions, relevant for space and laboratory applications.

Findings

Electrostatic modes exist in the upper F-region of the ionosphere.

Electromagnetic waves are applicable to cylindrically bounded heavy ion plasmas.

Results are relevant for experiments on heavier ion and pair ion plasmas.

Abstract

It is pointed out that electrostatic and electromagnetic waves propagating in perpendicular direction to the density gradient $\nabla n_0=\hat{x} |\frac{dn_0}{dx}|$ and external magnetic field $\vec{B}_0=B_0 \hat{z}$ in hybrid frequency range $\Omega_i \ll \omega \ll \Omega_e$ (where $\Omega_j=\frac{eB_0}{m_j c}$ and $j=e,i$) have several applications in space and laboratory plasmas. The electron plasma waves are important for the future experiments on heavier ion plasmas as well as the results are applicable to the experiments performed to create pure pair ion fullerene plasmas. The electrostatic modes are shown to exist in upper F-region of terrestrial ionosphere and electromagnetic waves are applied to cylindrically bounded heavy ion plasmas.