Ionization damping of linear waves in cold plasmas
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Abstract
For an arbitrary linear wave in cold plasma, an analytical model is proposed to describe wave damping caused by above-threshold ionization and recombination. When either of the two processes dominates, the wave energy is also found as a function of the frequency.
*The work was supported by the NNSA under the SSAA Program through DOE Research Grant DE-FG52-08NA28553.