Consider an infinite, uniform, cold, unmagnetized, collisional plasma with small harmonic perturbations at frequency w.
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Consider an infinite, uniform, cold, unmagnetized, collisional plasma with small harmonic perturbations at frequency w.
Consider an infinite, uniform, cold, unmagnetized, collisional plasma with small harmonic perturbations at frequency w. a. Derive the dispersion for the longitudinal mode. Hint: refer to problem 4 below for the linearized Maxwell equations and linearized force law (Caution: collisional term is needed here!) b. Derive the dispersion relation for the transverse mode. This has a real and imaginary part - explain the physical meaning. c. When the collision frequency becomes zero, calculate the group velocity for both the longitudinal wave and the transverse wave.
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