Filamentation Instability of Whistler Wave in the Magnetosphere

Wang Yuan-dian

doi:10.11728/cjss1986.01.019

Volume 6 Issue 1

Jan. 1986

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Wang Yuan-dian. Filamentation Instability of Whistler Wave in the Magnetosphere[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1986, 6(1): 19-23. doi: 10.11728/cjss1986.01.019

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Wang Yuan-dian. Filamentation Instability of Whistler Wave in the Magnetosphere[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1986, 6(1): 19-23. doi: 10.11728/cjss1986.01.019

Wang Yuan-dian. Filamentation Instability of Whistler Wave in the Magnetosphere[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1986, 6(1): 19-23. doi: 10.11728/cjss1986.01.019

Citation:

Wang Yuan-dian. Filamentation Instability of Whistler Wave in the Magnetosphere[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1986, 6(1): 19-23. doi: 10.11728/cjss1986.01.019

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Filamentation Instability of Whistler Wave in the Magnetosphere

doi: 10.11728/cjss1986.01.019 cstr: 32142.14.cjss1986.01.019

Wang Yuan-dian

Institute of Space Physics, Academia Sinica

Received Date: 1983-07-27
Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
Publish Date: 1986-01-24

Abstract

Abstract

The filainentation instability of whistler waves in the magnetosphere is analyzed in this paper, and the growth nate is calculated. For propagation path L = 4 and electric field of the wave 1 mV/m, the maximum growth rate is about 0.13/1000 km, the corresponding perpendicular wave length is about 400 km (near the equator region). It is also pointed out that the filaxnentation instability discussed here may offer a nonlinear mechanism for the multi-path propagation of whistlers.