Parametric instability of dust lattice waves in a turbulent plasma sheath

It is shown that dust lattice waves (DLWs) become parametrically unstable in a turbulent dusty plasma sheath that contains random-phase ion plasma waves. Physically, the parametric instability arises because of the nonlinear coupling between ion plasma waves and DLWs. The parametric instability is identified as the possible reason for the observed "sublimation" transition of the plasma crystal from a solid to a gaslike state.     

Radiation Characteristics of Ion Acoustic Solitons Launched from an Antenna

The radiation of ion acoustic solitons launched from a 10-cm × 10-cm metal plate into a large plasma (volume ~0.9 m3) is examined experimentally. It is found that the concept of "near-field" and "far-field" effects for linear waves is also relevant for these nonlinear waves.     

Ion Plasma Wave Wakefield Accelerators

The possibility of using space-charge waves on an ion beam or column as a wakefield accelerator is discussed. The primary advantages of using ion plasma waves over electron plasma waves are that the kinetic energy and fall-time requirements on the driving beam are reduced. One disadvantage in using a lower plasma frequency is that a larger current is required to achieve the same accelerating gradient. The basic aspects of wakefield accelerators are reviewed and this concept is analyzed in this context. Particle-in-cell simulations show that wakefields utilizing ion waves, although more complicated than plasma wakefields, can produce acceleration.     

Stability of ion acoustic turbulent states

Several proposed renormalized theories for strong ion acoustic turbulence are compared to the direct interaction approximation. These are applied to the calculation of the stability of ion acoustic turbulent states to the excitation of Langmuir waves. A kinetic instability proposed by Tsytovich, Stenflo, and Wilhelmsson is shown to be stabilized by resonant and nonresonant decay processes. The global kinetic stability of the Langmuir spectrum is enhanced through the coupling of opposite phase velocity Langmuir waves by the decay processes and by nonresonant scattering to regions of strong Landau damping.     

Instability of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Harmonic Waves in Plasmas

The stability of electromagnetic ion cyclotron harmonic waves propagating normal to an external magnetic field is studied for plasmas whose ions possess loss cone type velocity distributions. It is found that, if the ions are stationary, no instability develops except in the extreme case when the ratio of parallel to perpendicular "temperatures" of the ions is of the order mi/me, where mi and me are the ion and electron masses respectively. However, for the case of two counterstreaming ion beams in a neutralizing background of electrons, instability at zero frequency and near the first several ion cyclotron harmonics can occur if the streaming velocity is of the order of the electron thermal speed.     

Bifurcation analysis for ion acoustic waves in a strongly coupled plasma including trapped electrons

The nonlinear ion acoustic wave propagation in a strongly coupled plasma composed of ions and trapped electrons has been investigated. The reductive perturbation method is employed to derive a modified Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers (mKdV–Burgers) equation. To solve this equation in case of dissipative system, the tangent hyperbolic method is used, and a shock wave solution is obtained. Numerical investigations show that, the ion acoustic waves are significantly modified by the effect of polarization force, the trapped electrons and the viscosity coefficients. Applying the bifurcation theory to the dynamical system of the derived mKdV–Burgers equation, the phase portraits of the traveling wave solutions of both of dissipative and non-dissipative systems are analyzed. The present results could be helpful for a better understanding of the waves nonlinear propagation in a strongly coupled plasma, which can be produced by photoionizing laser-cooled and trapped electrons [1], and also in neutron stars or white dwarfs interior.     

Head-on collision of ion acoustic solitary waves in electron-positron-ion plasma with superthermal electrons and positrons

The head-on collision of ion acoustic solitary waves are studied in an electron-positron-ion plasma composed of superthermal electrons, superthermal positrons, and cold ions using the extended Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo (PLK) method. The effects of the ratio of electron to positron temperature, the spectral index of electron and positron, and the concentration of positron component on the phase shift are studied. It is found that the presence of superthermal electrons and superthermal positrons play a significant role on the collision of ion acoustic solitary waves. It is also been observed that the temperature ratio plays a significant role on the collision of ion acoustic solitary waves.     

Finite ion temperature effects on oblique modulational stability and envelope excitations of dust-ion acoustic waves

Theoretical and numerical investigations are carried out for the amplitude modulation of dust-ion acoustic waves (DIAW) propagating in an unmagnetized weakly coupled collisionless fully ionized plasma consisting of isothermal electrons, warm ions and charged dust grains. Modulation oblique (by an angle ) to the carrier wave propagation direction is considered. The stability analysis, based on a nonlinear Schrödinger-type equation (NLSE), exhibits a sensitivity of the instability region to the modulation angle , the dust concentration and the ion temperature. It is found that the ion temperature may strongly modify the waves stability profile, in qualitative agreement with previous results, obtained for an electron-ion plasma. The effect of the ion temperature on the formation of DIAW envelope excitations (envelope solitons) is also discussed.Received: 2 September 2003, Published online: 21 October 2003PACS: 52.27.Lw Dusty or complex plasmas; plasma crystals - 52.35.Fp Electrostatic waves and oscillations (e.g., ion-acoustic waves) - 52.35.Mw Nonlinear phenomena: waves, wave propagation, and other interactions (including parametric effects, mode coupling, ponderomotive effects, etc.) - 52.35.Sb Solitons; BGK modesI. Kourakis: On leave from: U.L.B., Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences Apliquées, C.P. 165/81 Physique Générale, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 49, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.     

Comment on Mach cones and magnetic forces in Saturn’s rings

We clarify the underlying physics of long-wavelength dust magnetoacoustic waves and short-wavelength (in comparison with the ion gyroradius ρ _i ) dust acoustic waves that are involved in the formation of Mach cones in the magnetized dusty plasma of Saturn’s rings.     

Dust-acoustic solitary waves in an adiabatic hot dusty plasma

An adiabatic hot dusty plasma (containing non-inertial adiabatic electron and ion fluids, and negatively charged inertial adiabatic dust fluid) is considered. The basic properties of arbitrary amplitude dust-acoustic (DA) solitary waves, which exist in such an adiabatic hot dusty plasma, are explicitly examined by the pseudo-potential approach. To compare the basic properties (critical Mach number, amplitude and width) of the DA solitary waves observed in a dusty plasma containing adiabatic electron, ion and dust fluids with those observed in a dusty plasma containing isothermal electron and ion fluids and adiabatic dust fluid, it has been found that the adiabatic effect of inertia-less electron and ion fluids has significantly modified the basic properties of the DA solitary waves, and that on the basic properties of the DA solitary waves, the adiabatic effect of electron and ion fluids is much more significant than that of the dust fluid.     

Plasma response to transient high voltage pulses

This review reports on plasma response to transient high voltage pulses in a low pressure unmagnetized plasma. Mainly, the experiments are reviewed, when a disc electrode (metallic and dielectric) is biased pulsed negative or positive. The main aim is to review the electron loss in plasmas and particle balance during the negative pulse electrode biasing, when the applied pulse width is less than the ion plasma period. Though the applied pulse width is less than the ion plasma period, ion rarefaction waves are excited. The solitary electron holes are reviewed for positive pulsed bias to the electrode. Also the excitation of waves (solitary electron and ion holes) is reviewed for a metallic electrode covered by a dielectric material. The wave excitation during and after the pulse withdrawal, excitation and propagation characteristics of various electrostatic plasma waves are reviewed here.     

Production of nonisothermal electrons and Langmuir waves because of colliding ion holes and trapping of plasmons in an ion hole

We present new simulation studies exhibiting production of nonisothermal electron distributions and Langmuir waves by colliding ion holes and trapping of plasmons in an ion hole. We find that, during head-on ion hole collisions, streams of accelerated electrons are produced by the electrostatic potentials supporting the ion holes. Subsequently, Langmuir waves are excited by a two-stream instability involving energetic electron beams. The resulting Langmuir waves can be trapped in an ion hole. The present ion-hole-Langmuir wave interactions are unique kinetic phenomena which can be dealt with a Vlasov code, which we developed recently. The results can have relevance to the understanding of particle and field data that are forthcoming from different spacecraft missions in Earth's auroral ionosphere and the magnetosphere.     

心脏中的螺旋波和时空混沌的抑制研究

以Luo-Rudy相I心脏模型为基础,研究心脏中螺旋波和时空混沌的控制,提出了两种控制方法: (Ⅰ)通过交替改变细胞外钾离子浓度来产生平面波,再利用弱外电场辅助平面波抑制螺旋波和时空混沌; (Ⅱ)先提高细胞外钾离子浓度,然后利用外电场激发波的方式产生平面波,再用平面波去抑制螺旋波和时空混沌. 研究结果表明,只要适当选择控制参数,这两种方法都能够有效抑制螺旋波和时空混沌. 当心肌出现局部缺血时,在心肌缺血处就会出现高的细胞外钾离子浓度,在这种情况下, 可以采用电场发射波的方法来抑制心脏中的螺旋波和时空混沌.对这些控制方法的优点和控制机制做了解释.     

弱相对论等离子体横向扰动下的离子声孤波

在低阶近似下，得到了描述无磁场相对论热离子等离子体的KP(Kadomtsev-Petviashvilli) 方程.研究表明，相对论热离子等离子中的非线性离子声孤波在高阶横向拢动下是稳定的， 且在相对论热离子等离子体中仅存在压缩型孤波. 关键词： 离子等离子体 孤波 声波 约化摄动法     

Some properties of ionization waves of varietyR in a neon glow discharge

The parameters of ther-ionization waves in a neon discharge were measured at two neutral gas temperatures (298°K and 77°K). The experimental results of the measurements of the artificially excitedr-ionization waves over the region of the homogeneous positive column in discharge tubes with different radius (from 0·5 cm to 1·2 cm) are reported. The results are arranged as simple functions of pressure, electric field and discharge tube radius. The product of the wave-length and the electric field and the ratio of the group and phase velocities are independent of the temperature. The temperature changes of the dependences of the frequency and phase and group velocities are connected with the temperature changes of the atomic ion life-time in neon discharge. The validity of the dependences for wave parameters is confined to the artificially excited waves in a homogeneous positive column.Authors express their gratitude to M. Novák, L. Láska, K. Rohlena and V. Krejí for helpful discussions and valuable remarks on this work.     

Ions,bubbles, and vortices at the superfluid λ-transition

A vortex-ring theory of the superfluid -transition is reviewed, and new results are presented for the vortex density and for the superfluid density of helium in confined geometries. Possible experiments using ion probes to detect the thermally excited vortices are discussed. It appears that the usual helium ions are not suitable for this purpose, and that larger ion complexes such as multielectron bubbles will need to be employed. An experiment to stably trap multielectron bubbles with acoustic standing waves is outlined.     

Effect of electron inertia on the speed and shape of ion-acoustic solitary waves in relativistic plasma

Ion-acoustic solitary waves are investigated in a cold collisionless relativistic plasma. Electron inertia is also considered. The Sagdeevs pseudopotential is determined in terms of u, the ion speed and depends on v, the velocity of the wave. It is found that there exists a critical value of u ₁ ( 0), the value of u at which (u)² = 0, beyond which the solitary waves cease to exist. The critical value also depends on the relativistic parameter u ₀/c when u ₀ is the drift velocity of the ion and c is the speed of light.     

Linear and Nonlinear Coupling of Electrostatic Drift and Acoustic Perturbations in a Nonuniform Bi-Ion Plasma with Non-Maxwellian Electrons

Linear and nonlinear coupling of drift and ion acoustic waves are studied in a nonuniform magnetized plasma comprising of Oxygen and Hydrogen ions with nonthermal distribution of electrons. It has been observed that different ratios of ion number densities and kappa and Cairns distributed electrons significantly modify the linear dispersion characteristics of coupled drift-ion acoustic waves. In the nonlinear regime, KdV (for pure drift waves) and KP (for coupled drift-ion acoustic waves) like equations have been derived to study the nonlinear evolution of drift solitary waves in one and two dimensions. The dependence of drift solitary structures on different ratios of ion number densities and nonthermal distribution of electrons has also been explored in detail. It has been found that the ratio of the diamagnetic drift velocity to the velocity of the nonlinear structure determines the existence regimes for the drift solitary waves. The present investigation may be beneficial to understand the formation of solitons in the ionospheric F-region.     

Propagation and Diagnostic of Ion Acoustic Waves in a Low Pressure Argon Discharge

In a dc argon discharge column of pressure 5 × 10^?4 torr, ion acoustic waves are studied experimentally. Plasma parameters obtained from the phase velocity of waves are compared with the Langmuir probe measurements. The wave diagnostic method yields the electron temperature lower than the probe method by a factor of 3…?5, if the atomic argon ion is assumed as a dominant ion species. The axial profiles of ion drift velocity show the presence of ions flowing toward the anode along the potential drop in flont of it. Also it is found that the surface condition of the cathode sensitively affects the propagation of ion acoustic waves through the changes in discharge parameters.