Computer Simulation of Nonlinear Ion-Electron Instability

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Abstract
A computer simulation of a one-dimensional electron-ion plasma is described. The results differ substantially from the predictions of the conventional theory of this system. In particular, an instability is observed whose onset occurs for electron drifts well below the threshold of the linear ion acoustic instability and which ultimately dominates the nonlinear evolution of the linear instability.

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