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Influence of a magnetic field on the light-induced ion drift

A. I. Parkhomenko

Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: It is shown that the velocity component transverse to the radiation propagation direction can arise in the light-induced ion drift (LIID) after applying an external magnetic field to a weakly ionized gas. It is predicted that the projection of the ion drift velocity onto the radiation direction changes its sign with an increase in the magnetic field, resulting in the anomalous LIID.

PACS: 42.50.Vk

Received: 03.05.2001
Revised: 02.07.2001

 English version: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2001, 74:3, 154–158

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