Nonlinear Theory of the Instability of a Modulated Electron Beam of Low Density in a Plasma. I. Conservation Laws of Energy and Momentum for Electromagnetic Waves in a Nonequilibrium Dispersive and Dissipative Medium in the Case of a Slow Change of Amplitude and Phase of the Wave

Abstract

AbstractA formula is given for the energy and momentum conservation laws for a narrow spectrum of electromagnetic waves in an unstable dispersive and dissipative medium by any level of dissipation and on condition that the amplitude and phase change slowly in the time and space period of oscillations. It is shown that the density of energy and momentum of the motion of resonant particles, connected with the propagation of the electromagnetic wave, generally cannot be expressed by the dielectric function of the unstable system. For example it is demonstrated that the well known Landau formula for determining the density of the wave energy in a unstable monoenergetic beam‐plasma system in general is not applicable as it is often done in literature.