Shear waves in an inhomogeneous strongly coupled dusty plasma

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3641963· OSTI ID:22043480

Janaki, M S; Banerjee, D; Chakrabarti, N ^[1]

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1. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Calcutta 700 064 (India)

The properties of electrostatic transverse shear waves propagating in a strongly coupled dusty plasma with an equilibrium density gradient are examined using the generalized hydrodynamic (GH) equation. In the usual kinetic limit, the resulting equation has similarity to zero energy Schrodinger's equation. This has helped in obtaining some exact eigenmode solutions in both Cartesian and cylindrical geometries for certain nontrivial density profiles. The corresponding velocity profiles and the discrete eigenfrequencies are obtained for several interesting situations and their physics discussed.

• OSTI ID: 22043480
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 18, Issue 9; Other Information: (c) 2011 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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DENSITY
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PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA WAVES
SCHROEDINGER EQUATION