Accession Number:

AD0712690

Title:

ELECTROSTATIC INSTABILITIES IN MULTICOMPONENT PLASMAS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF LAB OPERATIONS

Personal Author(s):

• Schulz,Michael
• Koons,Harry C.

Report Date:

1970-08-15

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

A commonly employed heuristic method for evaluating phase velocities and growth rates of ion and electron plasma oscillations is generalized to multicomponent plasmas. The new formulation exhibits the correct Galilean transformation properties. Author

Descriptors:

• (*OSCILLATION
• STABILITY)
• VELOCITY
• IONIZATION
• ELECTRONS
• ELECTROSTATICS
• WAVE FUNCTIONS
• (U)WAVE FUNCTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE