Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-wxvwp Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T11:23:37.955Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Ion-acoustic wave induced convective cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

P. K. Shukla
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretisehe Physik Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1 Federal Republic of Germany
M. Y. Yu
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretisehe Physik Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1 Federal Republic of Germany

Extract

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.

Information

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable