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Ionizing drift-wave instability in a low-temperature plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1998

S. V. VLADIMIROV
Affiliation:
Special Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
LIN I
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, National Central University, Chungli 32054, Taiwan ROC
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Abstract

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The dissipative drift-wave instability is considered in a non-uniform weakly ionized magnetoplasma when additional ionization is caused by electrons moving in the field of the wave. It is demonstrated that the instability can be considerably enhanced due to the wave-induced perturbations of the ionization/recombination balance and may therefore strongly affect transport properties of the plasma.

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Research Article
Copyright
1998 Cambridge University Press