EFFECT OF WEAK COLLISIONS ON ION-ACOUSTIC WAVE INSTABILITIES IN A CURRENT-CARRYING PLASMA

被引:8
作者
ONG, RSB
YU, MY
机构
[1] Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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D O I
10.1017/S0022377800004505
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The effect of weak collisions on ion-acoustic wave instabifities in a plasma with large ratios of electron to ion temperatures is investigated. The critical current for instability is shown to be signfficantly reduced by collisions. At the critical current the instability first occurs at non-zero values of kλe. As kλe increases the collisional effects become less and less significant. © 1969, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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