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Ponderomotive Force Effects due to a Circularly Polarized Electromagnetic Wave

Lennart STENFLO, G. P. Tomaradze, Nodar L. Tsintsadze

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Abstract The modifications in the time‐averaged plasma particle distribution functions in the presence of a large amplitude electromagnetic wave are studied. It is shown that the ponderomotive force is responsible for tail formation, non‐zero particle currents and heat fluxes. Explicit results, which describe those effects, are derived.

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Key concepts: Ponderomotive force, Physics, Amplitude, Quantum electrodynamics, Electromagnetic radiation, Electromagnetic field, Plasma, Classical mechanics