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Published August 2013 | Published
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Circular polarization of obliquely propagating whistler wave magnetic field

Abstract

The circular polarization of the magnetic field of obliquely propagating whistler waves is derived using a basis set associated with the wave partial differential equation. The wave energy is mainly magnetic and the wave propagation consists of this magnetic energy sloshing back and forth between two orthogonal components of magnetic field in quadrature. The wave electric field energy is small compared to the magnetic field energy.

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© 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. Received 30 May 2013; accepted 23 July 2013; published online 9 August 2013. The author wishes to thank Dr. B. Tsurutani for raising the issue of circular polarization of the magnetic field of obliquely propagating whistler waves. Supported by USDOE, NSF, and AFOSR.

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