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Discusses the problem of the polarization of an electromagnetic wave passing through an inhomogeneous plasma, confined by a magnetic field slowly varying in amplitude and direction along the direction of propagation. Considers the magnetic configuration of a large torus in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic axis.
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Etiévant et al. (1970) studied this question.
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