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Plasmas are able to sustain a great variety of wave phenomena. Before we initiate the study of wave phenomena in plasmas, we present in this chapter a review of some of the basic features of electromagnetic waves propagating in free space. The starting point for deriving the partial differential equation for electromagnetic waves in free space is Maxwell equations, which for free space (ρ = 0 and J = 0) may be written as
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Bittencourt, J.A. (2004). Electromagnetic Waves in Free Space. In: Fundamentals of Plasma Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4030-1_14
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