Wave propagation in a two component warm plasma

A Ire alm e n! (If Ih e c harac le ri slics of a plan e wave propaga ling in a hUlTloge neo us , unhuunded , and fu ll y iu nize d p las ma is g ive n by e mp luy in g the lin ea rized , two-fluid c unlinuum th eo ry of pla s ma dynam ics.Th e plas ma is as sum e d lu be a mac roscopi ca ll y ne utral a nd loss-free mixture of gas uf e lec tro ns and s ing ly c harged ions .Th e di s pe rs ion re lation s lor th e ge ne ral case 01 prop ag ation al an arbi trary angle 10 th e directio n uf Ih e s tati c magn e li c fi e ld are inv es ti gat e d withuut a n y limitalion o n Ih e fr e qu e nc y and wilh e mphas is o n th e c o uplin g of Ih e tran s ve rse and Ih e lo ng iludinall ype wave s. S imple a nalyti ca l e xpress ions for the di s pe rsio n re la li on s in th e variou s int e rva ls o f fre qu e n cy and ph ase ve loc ilY , as we lJ as fur Ihe fre qu e n cies whe re t he Iran verse and Ih e longitudina l Iype waves co upl e, are g iv e n in le rm s of th e variou s para me le rs .Thi s Irealm e nl dues not co ve r Ih e ca ses in whi c h Ihe propaga tion veClor is in Ihe c lose ne ig hb urhood uf ei th e r Ihe direc lion of th e s lati c magne ti c fie ld or thai pe rp e nd ic ular to it.