DocumentCode
1220036
Title
Modulational Instability of Ion-Acoustic Waves in Collisional Plasmas
Author
Buti, B.
Author_Institution
Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad 380009 India
Volume
4
Issue
4
fYear
1976
Firstpage
292
Lastpage
295
Abstract
Nonlinear ion-acoustic waves, which in the absence of collisions are moderately stable in the long wave length limit, become modulationally unstable due to presence of collisions. These waves are unstable in the wave number range kmin < k < kmax.
Keywords
Acoustic waves; Electrons; Frequency; Laboratories; Nonlinear equations; Perturbation methods; Plasma stability; Plasma waves; Schrodinger equation; Tellurium;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.1976.4316983
Filename
4316983
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