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Kinetic Buneman Instability in a Homogeneous Hot Electron Plasma
Author(s) -
Khalil S. H. M.,
Mohamed B. F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150310506
Subject(s) - instability , plasma , electron , physics , homogeneous , two stream instability , kinetic energy , dispersion relation , atomic physics , ion , condensed matter physics , mechanics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The development of Buneman kinetic instability in plasma with hot electrons and cold ions is investigated in the quasilinear approximation at current velocites close to the instability threshold values. It is shown that the contribution of electron's dielectric permeability in the dispersion equation is negligible and that quasilinear theory has in general stabilizing effect.