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The influence of ion streaming and weak relativistic effects on the modulational instability of ion-acoustic waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

E. J. Parkes
E. J. Parkes
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Gl 1XH, U.K.
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Abstract

The influence of ion streaming and weak relativistic effects on the modulational instability of ion-acoustic waves in a collisionless unmagnetized plasma is investigated. An averaging method is used to derive a weakly nonlinear dispersion relation, from which the instability criterion is deduced. Conflicting results in the literature are resolved.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , December 1992 , pp. 477 - 486
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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