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Title: Global convective cell formation in pair-ion plasmas

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2907160· OSTI ID:21120279
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  1. Center for Plasma Astrophysics, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001 Leuven (Belgium)

The global electrostatic mode in pair-ion plasmas is discussed for cylindric geometry and for a radially inhomogeneous equilibrium density. In the case of a Gaussian radial density profile, exact analytical eigensolutions are found in terms of the Kummer confluent hypergeometric functions. The mode is identified as a convective cell propagating in the poloidal and axial direction, having at the same time a standing wave structure in the radial direction.

OSTI ID:
21120279
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2907160; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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