Analytical study of whistler mode waves in presence of parallel DC electric field for relativistic plasma in the magnetosphere of Uranus

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• 作者：R.S. Pandey^a ; Rajbir Kaur^b ; ^{rkaur2@amity.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Whistler mode waves ; Maxwellian distribution function ; Loss-cone distribution function ; Magnetosphere of Uranus
• 刊名：Advances in Space Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：58
• 期：7
• 页码：1417-1424
• 全文大小：1550 K

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In present paper, field aligned whistler mode waves are analyzed, in the presence of DC field in background plasma having relativistic distribution function in the magnetosphere of Uranus. The work has been examined for relativistic Maxwellian and loss-cone distribution function. In both the cases, we have studied the effect of various plasma parameters on the growth rate of waves by using the method of characteristics and discussed using data provided by Voyager 2. Growth rate has increased by increasing the magnitude of electric field, temperature anisotropy, energy density and number density of particles for Maxwellian and loss-cone background. However, when relativistic factor $\left(\lambda =\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}\right)$ increases, growth rate decreases. The significant increase in real frequency of whistler waves can be observed. The results can be used for comparative study of planetary magnetospheres. The derivation can also be adapted to study various other instabilities in magnetosphere of Uranus.