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Modulational instability of obliquely modulated ionacoustic waves in a two-electron-temperature plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Yashvir ,
T. N. Bhatnagar  and
S. R. Sharma
Yashvir
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India
T. N. Bhatnagar
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India
S. R. Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India
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Abstract

The unstable domain in the (k, Ø) plane for oblique modulation of ion-acoustic waves, in a two-electron-temperature plasma, is investigated using the KBM perturbation technique. It is shown that, in a collisionless plasma, the maximum growth rate for the modulational instability, for large carrier-wave amplitudes (a0 ≳ 0·1), exceeds the electron Landau damping rate for sufficiently oblique modulation.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 209 - 217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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