Global convective cell formation in pair-ion plasmas
Plasma Physics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The global electrostatic mode in pair-ion plasmas is discussed for cylindric geometry and for a radially inhomogeneous equilibrium density. In the case of a Gaussian radial density profile, exact analytical eigen solutions are found in terms of the Kummer confluent hypergeometric functions. The mode is identified as a convective cell propagating in the poloidal and axial direction, having at the same time a standing wave structure in the radial direction.
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@article{arxiv.0805.4822,
title = {Global convective cell formation in pair-ion plasmas},
author = {J. Vranjes and S. Poedts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4822},
year = {2009}
}