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Stability of solitary waves in a magnetized non-thermal plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. A. Mamun  and
R. A. Cairns
A. A. Mamun
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Universitiy of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, U.K.
R. A. Cairns
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Universitiy of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, U.K.
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Abstract

A theoretical investigations is made of the stability of electrostatic waves in a magnetized non-thermal plasma. The Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation (or Korteweg-de Vries equation in three dimensionas) for these solitary waves in this plasma system is derived, and their three-dimensional stability is studied by the small-k (long wavelength plane-wave) perturbation expansion method. The instability criterion and its growth rate depending on the magnetic field and the propagation directions of the solitary wave and its perturbation mode are discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , August 1996 , pp. 175 - 185
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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