Plasma Zoo: Gyroresonant Scattering (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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In a background magnetic field, represented by the cyan arrows, two electrons are propagating to the right, executing identical gyromotion. A circularly polarized electromagnetic wave approaches the upper electron from the left.

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