Abstract
The structure of Langmuir plasma waves carrying a finite orbital angular momentum is revised in the paraxial approximation. It is shown that the kinetic effects related to higher-order momenta of the electron distribution function lead to coupling of Laguerre-Gaussian modes and result in a modification of the wave dispersion and damping. The theoretical analysis is compared to the three-dimensional particle-in-cell numerical simulations for a mode with orbital momentum . It is demonstrated that propagation of such a plasma wave is accompanied with generation of quasistatic axial and azimuthal magnetic fields which result from the orbital and longitudinal momenta transported with the wave, respectively.
- Received 25 March 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.013204
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