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Comment on Weakly dissipative dust-ion acoustic wave modulation (J. Plasma Phys.82, 905820104, 2016)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2016

I. Kourakis*
Affiliation:
Centre for Plasma Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
I. S. Elkamash
Affiliation:
Centre for Plasma Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 35516 Mansoura, Egypt
*
Email address for correspondence: [email protected]

Abstract

In a recent article (J. Plasma Phys., vol. 82, 2009, 905820104), weakly dissipative dust-ion acoustic wave modulation in dusty plasmas was considered. It is shown in this Comment that the analysis therein involved severe fallacies, and is in fact based on an erroneous plasma fluid model, which fails to satisfy an equilibrium condition, among other shortcomings. The subsequent analysis therefore is dubious and of limited scientific value.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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