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Nonlinear interaction of electrostatic ion-cyclotron and drift waves in plasmas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
Abstract
Model equations describing the nonlinear coupling between electrostatic ion-cyclotron and drift waves are derived, taking into account the action of the low-frequency ponderomotive force associated with the ion-cyclotron waves. It is found that this interaction is governed by a pair of equations, which can be used for studying the modulational instability of a constant amplitude ion-cyclotron wave as well as the dynamics of nonlinearly coupled ion-cyclotron and drift waves.
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