MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY OF RANDOM-PHASE PLASMONS IN COLLISIONAL PLASMAS

Authors
SHUKLA PK STENFLO L FARIA RT
Citation
Pk. Shukla et al., MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY OF RANDOM-PHASE PLASMONS IN COLLISIONAL PLASMAS, Physics of plasmas, 5(8), 1998, pp. 2846-2848
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
5
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2846 - 2848
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1998)5:8<2846:MIORPI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The modulational instability of random phase Langmuir waves in an unma gnetized collisional plasma is investigated. The growth rate of the in stability is presented in several interesting limiting cases. The rele vance of this investigation to space and laboratory plasmas is pointed out. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.