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On the stability of self-consistent large-amplitude waves in a cold plasma. Part 2. Longitudinal waves in the absence of large-scale magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. A. Lee  and
I. Lerche
M. A. Lee
Affiliation:
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences and Department of Physics, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130
I. Lerche
Affiliation:
Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, II. 60637
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Abstract

We demonstrate that self-consistent large-amplitude longitudinal waves in a cold plasma are unstable to at least transverse perturbations, with an instability growth rate which is roughly of the order of the plasma frequency of the system. The instability statements derived here are conservative, since modes not discussed may be more unstable.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 27 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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