Published June 1, 2003
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Journal article
A note on dust-acoustic instability in an inductive gas discharge plasma
Creators
- 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (United States)
- 2. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik IV, Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
Description
It is proposed that a dust-acoustic instability driven by streaming ions could be a possible mechanism for the excitation of dust waves in an inductive gas-discharge plasma experiment reported by Zobnin et al (Zobnin A V, Usachev A D, Petrov O F and Fortov V E 2002 J. Exp. Theoret. Phys. 95 429). We assume that the ions drift relative to the charged dust due to the presence of a background electric field. Comparisons with features of the experimental results are discussed. (letter to the editor)
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0741-3335/45/L31/p306l1.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (ISSN 1361-6587) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0741-3335/45/L31/p306l1.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0741-3335/45/6/101;
- PII
- S0741-3335(03)57476-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Journal Volume
- 45
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. L31-L37
- ISSN
- 0741-3335
- CODEN
- PPCFET
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34063242
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DUSTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; ION DRIFT; PLASMA INSTABILITY
- Descriptors DEC
- INSTABILITY; ION WAVES; PLASMA WAVES