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Title: Rayleigh-Taylor vortices in a pair-ion plasma

Abstract

The Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) vortices and the analytical solution of three-mode coupling in pair-ion plasmas are investigated. It is shown that the E×B convection of polarization drift is responsible for the saturation of growing RT instability and as a result the localized dipole vortex structures are formed. The shear flow generation due to the destruction of vortex structures is discussed by the Fourier mode analysis.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Department of Instrumentation Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032 (India)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22408389
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; CONVECTION; COUPLING; DIPOLES; ION PAIRS; PLASMA; POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; SHEAR; VORTICES

Citation Formats

Adak, Ashish, and Khan, Manoranjan. Rayleigh-Taylor vortices in a pair-ion plasma. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4918701.
Adak, Ashish, & Khan, Manoranjan. Rayleigh-Taylor vortices in a pair-ion plasma. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918701
Adak, Ashish, and Khan, Manoranjan. 2015. "Rayleigh-Taylor vortices in a pair-ion plasma". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918701.
@article{osti_22408389,
title = {Rayleigh-Taylor vortices in a pair-ion plasma},
author = {Adak, Ashish and Khan, Manoranjan},
abstractNote = {The Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) vortices and the analytical solution of three-mode coupling in pair-ion plasmas are investigated. It is shown that the E×B convection of polarization drift is responsible for the saturation of growing RT instability and as a result the localized dipole vortex structures are formed. The shear flow generation due to the destruction of vortex structures is discussed by the Fourier mode analysis.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4918701},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22408389}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 4,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}