Cold Wave Plasma Dispersion

cyclotron frequency

0.01

max recursion

8

ω min

0

ω max

5

k min

0

k max

5

Z

1

angle

0

This Demonstration solves for the dielectric tensor in the cold plasma wave dispersion relation, which determines the frequency as a function of wavenumber for waves independent of temperature in a plasma. All frequencies are normalized to the electron plasma frequency. The variable

k

is the wavenumber in units of

-1

m

. In the graph,

k

is scaled to

kc

ω

p

and

ω

is scaled to

ω

ω

p

, where

ω

p

is the electron plasma frequency.