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The damping of helicon waves in a tipped magnetic field

The damping of helicon waves in a tipped magnetic field The damping of helicon waves in indium was measured under nonlocal conditions with a variable angle between the wave vectorq and the magnetic field. In contrast to the predictions of the free-electron theory, the damping was not a monotonic function of the angle and exhibits considerable structure, which is attributed to minima in the Landau damping for certain orientations of the magnetic field. Minima in the damping are to be expected for such field directions as give rise to cyclotron orbits having a substantial number of electron states with orbital velocities perpendicular toq. In simple situations the critical orientations of the magnetic field may be deduced from a given Fermi surface by a geometrical construction. The construction has been extended to indium, and the tipping angles found are in reasonable agreement with the experiment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Low Temperature Physics Springer Journals

The damping of helicon waves in a tipped magnetic field

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Springer Journals
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Subject
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
ISSN
0022-2291
eISSN
1573-7357
DOI
10.1007/BF00628407
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Abstract

The damping of helicon waves in indium was measured under nonlocal conditions with a variable angle between the wave vectorq and the magnetic field. In contrast to the predictions of the free-electron theory, the damping was not a monotonic function of the angle and exhibits considerable structure, which is attributed to minima in the Landau damping for certain orientations of the magnetic field. Minima in the damping are to be expected for such field directions as give rise to cyclotron orbits having a substantial number of electron states with orbital velocities perpendicular toq. In simple situations the critical orientations of the magnetic field may be deduced from a given Fermi surface by a geometrical construction. The construction has been extended to indium, and the tipping angles found are in reasonable agreement with the experiment.

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Journal of Low Temperature PhysicsSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 27, 2004

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