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Kinetic theory for electrostatic waves due to transverse velocity shearsA kinetic theory in the form of an integral equation is provided to study the electrostatic oscillations in a collisionless plasma immersed in a uniform magnetic field and a nonuniform transverse electric field. In the low temperature limit the dispersion differential equation is recovered for the transverse Kelvin-Helmholtz modes for arbitrary values of K parallel, where K parallel is the component of the wave vector in the direction of the external magnetic field assumed in the z direction. For higher temperatures the ion-cyclotron-like modes described earlier in the literature by Ganguli, Lee and Plamadesso are recovered. In this article, the integral equation is reduced to a second-order differential equation and a study is made of the kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz and ion-cyclotron-like modes that constitute the two branches of oscillation in a magnetized plasma including a transverse inhomogeneous dc electric field.
Document ID
19880047705
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Ganguli, G.
(Science Applications International Corp. McLean, VA, United States)
Lee, Y. C.
(Science Applications International Corp. McLean, VA, United States)
Palmadesso, P. J.
(U.S. Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Physics of Fluids
Volume: 31
ISSN: 0031-9171
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
88A34932
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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