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The effects of ion-ion coffision on a ion-acoustic plasma pulse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Magne S. Espedal
Affiliation:
University of Bergen, Norway

Abstract

The effects of ion-ion collisions, described by a Fokker-Planck operator in the kinetic equation, on an ion-acoustic plasma pulse, are studied. Our investigations show that the coffisions give a broadening of the pulse, and reduce the effect of interaction between the main plasma and the pulse.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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