Title :
Modulational Instability of Ion-Acoustic Waves in Collisional Plasmas
Author_Institution :
Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad 380009 India
Abstract :
Nonlinear ion-acoustic waves, which in the absence of collisions are moderately stable in the long wave length limit, become modulationally unstable due to presence of collisions. These waves are unstable in the wave number range kmin < k < kmax.
Keywords :
Acoustic waves; Electrons; Frequency; Laboratories; Nonlinear equations; Perturbation methods; Plasma stability; Plasma waves; Schrodinger equation; Tellurium;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1976.4316983
