Modulational Instability of Ion-Acoustic Waves in Collisional Plasmas
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Vol. 4 (4) , 292-295
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.1976.4316983
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
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