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Linear mode analysis in multi-ion plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1997

G. MANN ,
P. HACKENBERG  and
E. MARSCH
G. MANN
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A31, D-14 473 Potsdam, Germany
P. HACKENBERG
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A31, D-14 473 Potsdam, Germany
E. MARSCH
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Postfach 20, D-37 191 Katlenburg–Lindau, Germany
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Abstract

Heavy ions frequently appear as minor components in space plasmas, for example in the solar wind and in the vicinity of comets. Both the different components of ions and the associated plasma waves are observed by extraterrestrial in situ measurements. The influence of these ion components on the properties of plasma waves is investigated by means of the multi-fluid equations. The linear mode analysis is performed numerically for a three-component plasma with an ambient magnetic field. Both the dispersion relations and the polarizations of the freely propagating wave modes are given and subsequently discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , August 1997 , pp. 205 - 221
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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