• 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