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Effect of ion temperature and inhomogeneity on modulational instability of ion acoustic waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Ijaz-Ur Rahman Durrani
Ijaz-Ur Rahman Durrani
Affiliation:
Centre for Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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Abstract

The propagation of ion acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous plasma is studied in the presence of finite ion temperature. The standard nonlinear Schrödinger equation is obtained, and the regions of instability are plotted. It is claimed that these extraneous factors tend to lower the value of the critical wavenumber.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , October 1996 , pp. 229 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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