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    This document discusses the effect of the terrestrial magnetic field on particles and electromagnetic waves. It defines the Larmor frequency as the frequency at which a charged particle gyrates around lines of magnetic flux. The equation of motion for a particle in an electromagnetic wave propagating through a magnetic field is presented. The wave is separated into right and left polarized components that propagate at different velocities along the magnetic field lines. The sum of these components represents a linearly polarized wave traveling in the direction of the field lines.

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    This document discusses the effect of the terrestrial magnetic field on particles and electromagnetic waves. It defines the Larmor frequency as the frequency at which a charged particle gyrates around lines of magnetic flux. The equation of motion for a particle in an electromagnetic wave propagating through a magnetic field is presented. The wave is separated into right and left polarized components that propagate at different velocities along the magnetic field lines. The sum of these components represents a linearly polarized wave traveling in the direction of the field lines.

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    13.

    3 Effect of Terrestrial Magnetic Field 283

    where 7 is the relaxation time, i.e. the mean time interval between successive
    collisions of the particle with other particles. We put
    < = x' + iy', so that (r' x Be)x= y'Be (13.16)

    and
    E = Ex+ iEy (13.17)
    and define the Larmor f r e q u e n c y WL by
    qB, = mwL (or mwL cos 0,). (13.18)

    The equation of motion then leads to

    or
    (13.19)

    Setting

    1 1
    E - -Eo cos(wt - kz), E9 = f-Eosin(wt - k z ) , (13.20)
    " - 2 2
    where the latter are the x,y-components of the real part of ( e x ey
    , again unit
    vectors)
    1 i(kJt-lc2)
    E R ( Z , t ) = 5E0(ex7 iey)e 7 (13.21)
    L
    i.e.
    1 1
    EE,(z, t ) = -230 cos(wt - k z ) e x f -Eo sin(wt - kz)ey
    L 2 2
    = Exex f Eyey.

    These waves are described as right polarised and left polarised respectively.
    The sum
    E~ + E~ = Eoe'(wt-'z) e x ,
    or its real part
    E(ER+ EL)= Eo cos(wt - Icz)e,
    represents a linearly polarised wave in the direction of z. With

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