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Title: Jeans instability of a dusty plasma with dust charge variations

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931737· OSTI ID:22493794
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  1. Faculty of Physics, Alzahra University, P. O. Box 19938-93973, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

The effect of the dust charge variations on the stability of a self-gravitating dusty plasma has been theoretically investigated. The dispersion relation for the dust-acoustic waves in a self-gravitating dusty plasma is obtained. It is shown that the dust charge variations have significant effects. It increases the growth rate of instability and the instability cutoff wavenumbers. It is found that by increasing the value of the ions temperature and the absolute value of the equilibrium dust charge, the cutoff wavenumber decreases and the stability region is extended.

OSTI ID:
22493794
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 9; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English