Magnetohydrodynamics of dusty plasmas
- Institut fuer Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
A set of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations for multi-component dusty plasmas has been derived, by assuming that the characteristic wave frequency is much smaller than the ion gyrofrequency. The dusty plasma MHD equations admit a linear dispersion relation which exhibits a coupling between dust-Alfven, dust-magnetosonic, and dust-whistler waves. The dust inertia is found to play a major role in the wave dynamics. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 253498
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 3; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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