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On the analogy of stability of tangential discontinuities in hydrodynamics and in nonisothermal collisionless plasma

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov Institute of General Physics (Russian Federation)
Analogy between stability of tangential discontinuities in an ideal liquid in conventional hydrodynamics and in collisionless nonisothermal plasma with T{sub e} >> T{sub i} is shown. The difference is due to specific features of dispersion of ion sound waves in nonisothermal plasma in the short-wavelength range, in which the lasma quasineutrality is violated and the dispersion curve tends to the ion Langmuir frequency.
OSTI ID:
21443334
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 36; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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