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Transformation approximation for the plasma dispersion function and application to electrostatic waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Masumi Sato
Masumi Sato
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa 992, Japan
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Abstract

Simple algebraic approximations for the plasma dispersion function Z(s) and its derivative are obtained by the Aitken's Δ2 or Shanks transformation. Using the approximate function Z'(s), higher-order dispersion relations for the electron wave and ion-acoustic wave are derived.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 325 - 331
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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