Two-stream instability in plasma

Uberoi, C and Bhatnagar, PL (1967) Two-stream instability in plasma. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 38 (10). pp. 3801-3807.

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Abstract

The problem of two-stream instability in plasma is studied by specifying the importance of initial magnetic field associated with the motion of the charged particles and the boundary effects. In Part I the accurate initial steady state is studied when the streams of electrons and ions move with different uniform speeds in plasmas with plane and cylindrical geometry. In Part II, in order to show the effects of finiteness and inhomogeneity of the system, small transverse plasma oscillations are studied in the case of plane plasmas. The role of plasma-sheath oscillations at the boundaries is found to be very important in driving the instabilities associated with the electromagnetic modes. The numerical estimates of the growth rates of the instability are given for the specific case of the physical data in discharge tubes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Applied Physics
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copy right of this article belongs to American Institute of Physics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	13 May 2010 05:56
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:06
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27778

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