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Based on the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model, an exact arbitrary-amplitude general solution is presented for oblique propagation of solitary excitations in two- and three-component quasineutral magnetoplasmas, adopting the standard…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi

We present results from the first 3D kinetic numerical simulation of magnetorotational turbulence and dynamo, using the local shearing-box model of a collisionless accretion disc. The kinetic magnetorotational instability grows from a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-07 Matthew W. Kunz , James M. Stone , Eliot Quataert

The electron-cyclotron maser is a process that generates intense and coherent radio emission in plasma. In this paper, we present a comprehensive parametric investigation on the electron-cyclotron-maser instability driven by non-thermal…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Zi-Jin Tong , Chuan-Bing Wang , Pei-Jin Zhang , Jin Liu

Linear and nonlinear ion-acoustic waves are studied in a fluid model for non-relativistic, unmagnetized quantum plasma with electrons with an arbitrary degeneracy degree. The equation of state for electrons follows from a local Fermi-Dirac…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-03-09 Fernando Haas , Shahzad Mahmood

Plasma boundary layers are susceptible to electrostatic instabilities driven by ion flows in presheaths and, when present, these instabilities can influence transport. In plasmas with a single species of positive ion, ion-acoustic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Scott D. Baalrud

An analysis of MHD wave propagating in a gravitating and rotating medium permeated by non-uniform magnetic field has been done. It has been found that the Gradient of Magnetic Field when coupled with Rotation becomes capable to generate few…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-29 Ipsita Das , Ramaprosad Bondyopadhaya

The generation of parallel electric fields by the propagation of ion cyclotron waves in the plasma with a transverse density inhomogeneity was studied. It was proven that the minimal model required to reproduce the previous kinetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-10 David Tsiklauri

The role of kinetic electrons in the excitation and sustainment of ion-bulk electrostatic waves in collisionless plasmas is investigated, with a focus on the physical mechanisms responsible for the generation of small-scale structures in…

Electron and ion-cyclotron waves are well known to exist in solar system plasmas but their existence and importance in galaxy clusters is an open question. Guided by numerical simulations, (Ley et al. (2024)) argued that whistlers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-27 Petr Ugarov , Francisco Ley , Ellen Zweibel

We study, globaly in time, the velocity distribution $f(v,t)$ of a spatially homogeneous system that models a system of electrons in a weakly ionized plasma, subjected to a constant external electric field $E$. The density $f$ satisfies a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Carlen , R. Esposito , J. L. Lebowitz , R. Marra , A. Rokhlenko

Instabilities described by linear theory characterize an important form of wave-particle interaction in the solar wind. We diagnose unstable behavior of solar wind plasma between 0.3 and 1 au via the Nyquist criterion, applying it to fits…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Mihailo M. Martinovic , Kristopher G. Klein , Tereza Durovcova , Benjamin L. Alterman

By employing a local two-fluid theory, we investigate an obliquely propagating electromagnetic instability in the lower hybrid frequency range driven by cross-field current or relative drifts between electrons and ions. The theory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hantao Ji , Russell Kulsrud , William Fox , Masaaki Yamada

Our study investigates the properties of Alfv\'en waves in partially ionised solar plasmas in the presence of steady, field-aligned, flows of charged and neutral particles. Our work aims to understand how such flows modify wave propagation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-17 Nada F. Alshehri , Istvan Ballai , Viktor Fedun , Gary Verth

A second order nonlinear equation with variable coefficients has been derived to govern the dynamics of high frequency electrostatic drift waves in an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma in a moving frame of (2 + 1) spatio-temporal dimensions.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Siba Prasad Acharya

In collision-poor space plasmas protons with an excess of kinetic energy or temperature in direction perpendicular to background magnetic field can excite the electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) instability. This instability is expected to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 S. M. Shaaban , M. Lazar , R. Schlickeiser

The nonlinear evolution of an ion ring instability in a low-beta magnetospheric plasma is considered. The evolution of the two-dimensional ring distribution is essentially quasilinear. Ignoring nonlinear processes the time-scale for the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Mithaiwala , L. Rudakov1 , G. Ganguli , C. Crabtree

We analyzed properties of waves excited by mildly relativistic electron beams propagating along magnetic field with a ring-shape perpendicular momentum distribution in neutral and current-free solar coronal plasmas. These plasmas are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 X. Zhou , P. A. Muñoz , J. Büchner , S. Liu

Sufficient conditions are found on the ion velocity distribution $f_i$ and potential amplitude for stability of steady electron holes moving at slow speeds, coinciding with the bulk of $f_i$. Fully establishing stability requires…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-09 I H Hutchinson

A high energy density plasma embedded in a neutral gas is able to launch an outward-propagating nonlinear electrostatic ionization wave that traps energetic electrons. The trapping maintains a strong sheath electric field, enabling rapid…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Haotian Mao , Kathleen Weichman , Zheng Gong , Todd Ditmire , Hernan Quevedo , Alexey Arefiev

A case of two interpenetrating, cold and quasi-neutral ion-electron plasmas is investigated with the multi-fluid approach. We consider that one plasma flows quasi-parallel to the lines of a background magnetic field embedded in another…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-19 Vladimir Zekovic
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