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In the previous chapter we analyzed the characteristics of wave propagation in a cold plasma. Now we will extend the theory already developed to include the pressure gradient term in the momentum equation. We shall consider wave propagation in a warm electron gas (neglecting ion motion) and, also, in a fully ionized warm plasma (considering electrons and only one type of ions), in the absence as well as in the presence of an externally applied magnetic field.
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Bittencourt, J.A. (2004). Waves in Warm Plasmas. In: Fundamentals of Plasma Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4030-1_17
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