Potential surface waves in a warm nonisothermal plasma bounded by metal

The dispersion properties of potential surface waves (SW), propagating at a warm nonisothermal plasma‐metal boundary across the external magnetic field are studied in this paper. The existence of potential SW is shown to be possible in frequency ranges, where electromagnetic SW do not exist. The influence of transverse plasma density inhomogeneity on dispersion properties of the SW considered is studied as well.