scholarly journals Nonlinear evolution of the ion acoustic instability in artificially created dusty space plasmas

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (A10) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Fu ◽  
W. A. Scales
Author(s):  
P. Petkaki ◽  
M. P. Freeman ◽  
T. Kirk ◽  
C. E. J. Watt ◽  
R. B. Horne

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bharuthram ◽  
M. A. Hellberg

The linear growth rate of the crossfield current-driven ion-acoustic instability is obtained for any equilibrium particle velocity distribution function of the type . Quasi-linear theory is then used to investigate the saturation of the instability. Several associated features, namely, particle diffusion in velocity space, anomalous resistivity, energy distribution and electron and ion heating rates are evaluated for a Maxwellian distribution. Finally, a brief comparison is made with the heating rates associated with the electron cyclotron drift instability.


2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-171
Author(s):  
J. Guo ◽  
B. Yu

Abstract. With two-dimensional (2-D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations we investigate the evolution of the double layer (DL) driven by magnetic reconnection. Our results show that an electron beam can be generated in the separatrix region as magnetic reconnection proceeds. This electron beam could trigger the ion-acoustic instability; as a result, a DL accompanied with electron holes (EHs) can be found during the nonlinear evolution stage of this instability. The spatial size of the DL is about 10 Debye lengths. This DL propagates along the magnetic field at a velocity of about the ion-acoustic speed, which is consistent with the observation results.


2021 ◽  
pp. 2150468
Author(s):  
Youssoufa Saliou ◽  
Souleymanou Abbagari ◽  
Alphonse Houwe ◽  
M. S. Osman ◽  
Doka Serge Yamigno ◽  
...  

By employing the Modified Sardar Sub-Equation Method (MSEM), several solitons such as W-shape bright, dark solitons, trigonometric function solutions and singular function solutions have been obtained in two famous nonlinear evolution equations which are used to describe waves in quantum electron–positron–ion magnetoplasmas and weakly nonlinear ion-acoustic waves in a plasma. These models are the (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear extended quantum Zakharov–Kuznetsov (NLEQZK) equation and the (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear modified Zakharov–Kuznetsov (NLmZK) equation, respectively. Comparing the obtained results with Refs. 32–34 and Refs. 43–46, additional soliton-like solutions have been retrieved and will be useful in future to explain the interaction between lower nonlinear ion-acoustic waves and the parameters of the MSEM and the obtained figures will have more physical explanation.


1985 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 315-328
Author(s):  
J. D. Huba

A review of several microinstabilities that have been suggested as possible anomalous transport mechanisms in current sheets is presented. The specific application is to a ‘field reversed plasma’ which is relevant to the so-called ‘diffusion region’ of a reconnection process. The linear and nonlinear properties of the modes are discussed, and each mode is assessed as to its importance in reconnection processes based upon these properties. It is concluded that the two most relevant instabilities are the ion acoustic instability and the lower-hybrid-drift instability. However, each instability has limitations as far as reconnection is concerned, and more research is needed in this area.


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