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The effect of parallel electrostatic field on the amplification of whistler mode waves in an anisotropic bi-Maxwellian weakly ionized plasma for Jovian magnetospheric conditions has been carried out. The growth rate for different Jovian magnetospheric plasma parameters forL = 5.6R j has been computed with the help of general dispersion relation for the whistler mode electromagnetic wave of a drifted bi-Maxwellian distribution function. It is observed that the growth or damping of whistler mode waves in Jovian magnetosphere is possible when the wave vector is parallel or antiparallel to the static magnetic field and the effect of this field is more pronounced at low frequency wave spectrum.
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Ahmad, M.M., Ahmad, A. & Lalmani Effect of parallel electric fields on whistler mode waves in an anisotropic Jovian magnetospheric plasma. Earth Moon Planet 58, 261–269 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057852
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