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Ion-acoustic wave induced convective cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

P. K. Shukla
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretisehe Physik Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1 Federal Republic of Germany
M. Y. Yu
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretisehe Physik Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1 Federal Republic of Germany

Extract

It is shown that a finite-amplitude ion-acoustic wave in a uniform magneto- plasma can enhance two-dimensional plasma vortices. The latter results from a modulational instability. The growth rates are obtained analytically.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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