• DocumentCode
    893815
  • Title

    Energy density of acoustic waves in a plasma

  • Author

    Smith, W.E.

  • Volume
    55
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    2051
  • Lastpage
    2052
  • Abstract
    The energy density of longitudinal waves in a homogeneous plasma is found from a general theory for sound waves in dispersive media. The energy relation of Lonngren is then interpreted as the acoustic version of the harmonic Poynting theorem in electromagnetism.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Dispersion; Electrons; Equations; Kinetic theory; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma waves; Potential energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1967.6066
  • Filename
    1447996