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Ion-acoustic wave induced convective cells
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
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It is shown that a finite-amplitude ion-acoustic wave in a uniform magneto- plasma can enhance two-dimensional plasma vortices. The latter results from a modulational instability. The growth rates are obtained analytically.
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