NONLINEAR ION-ACOUSTIC-WAVES IN A STRONGLY COUPLED PLASMA SUBJECT TO EXTERNAL ELECTRIC-FIELD

被引:3
作者
BERKOVSKY, MA
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville
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PHYSICA SCRIPTA | 1995年 / 51卷 / 06期
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10.1088/0031-8949/51/6/011
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Instability of ion acoustic waves is studied in a collision-dominated two-component plasma immersed in a strong electric field. Effects of nonlinear mode coupling can cause the instability saturation. These effects are studied in the frame of the kinetic equation for sound waves. The turbulence spectrum is found to have a stream-like space distribution. The result is compared with the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili formula. Applications to the problem of nonlinear skin effect are discussed.
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