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Low-frequency drift-induced instabilities in a magnetized two-ion plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. Bharuthram  and
M. A. Hellberg
R. Bharuthram
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durban-Westville, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 and Plasma Physics Research Institute, University of Natal, Durban, 4001, Republic of South Africa
M. A. Hellberg
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Institute, Department of Physics, University of Natal, Durban, 4001, Republic of South Africa
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Abstract

Numerical solutions of a dispersion relation for low-frequency electrostatic waves in a current-carrying, cold, weakly collisional, magnetized two-ion plasma are used to discuss the two-stream and resistive natures of the ion-ion hybrid instability. An instability with analogous behaviour is found to be associated with the light ion cyclotron frequency. Analytical results explain the behaviour. A numerically derived transition diagram summarizes the parameter values for which transitions between different modes take place.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , June 1986 , pp. 393 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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