oLH

bapsflib.plasma.core.oLH(Bo, m_i, n_i, Z, **kwargs)

Lower-Hybrid Resonance frequency (rad/s)

\[\frac{1}{\omega_{LH}^{2}}= \frac{1}{\Omega_{i}^{2}+\omega_{pi}^{2}} + \frac{1}{\lvert \Omega_{e}\Omega_{i} \rvert}\]

Note

This form is for a quasi-neutral plasma that satisfies

\[\frac{Z m_{e}}{m_{i}} \ll 1 - \left(\frac{V_{A}}{c}\right)^{2}\]
Parameters:
  • Bo (float) – magnetic field (in Gauss)

  • m_i (float) – ion mass (in g)

  • n_i (float) – ion number density (in \(cm^{-3}\))

  • Z (int) – ion charge number