Radiofrequency power absorption by a strongly magnetized, hot, bounded ion-electron plasma

We give a fluid description of a uniform, bounded, hot ion-electron plasma which includes collision effects and a full electromagnetic treatment. The absorbed r.f. power is calculated in the magneto-ion domain for a plasma column excited by a cylindrical TE wave. Axisymmetric and multipolar azimuthal excitation are considered. A resonance spectrum is obtained which is strongly dependent on the geometry and on the hot character of the plasma. These results are compared with those of an earlier collisionless quasi-static model, and the influence of the various parameters is systematically investigated. The r.f. power absorbed at some well-chosen resonances can be quite considerable when the intervening parameters are optimized.