AbstractA generalized dispersion relation of the magnetosonic wave in a four component plasma consisting of electrons and hydrogen ions of solar origin and positively and negatively charged oxygen ions of cometary origin has been derived by using the Vlasov-Maxwell kinetic model. Parallel to the magnetic field, the hydrogen and electron components are modeled by a drifting Maxwellian distribution; perpendicular to the magnetic field, we use a loss cone type distribution obtained by the subtraction of two Maxwellian distributions having different temperatures. The effect of change in the drift velocity of streaming components and number densities and temperatures of each species in driving the instability has been analyzed both analytically and numerically. For typical parameters at comet Halley, we find that both positively and negatively charged oxygen ions can drive the wave unstable.


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    Titel :

    Stability of the magnetosonic wave in a cometary multi-ion plasma


    Beteiligte:
    Sreekala, G. (Autor:in) / Varghese, Anu (Autor:in) / Jayakumar, Neethu (Autor:in) / Michael, Manesh (Autor:in) / Sebastian, Sijo (Autor:in) / Venugopal, Chandu (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 59 , 10 ; 2679-2688


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2017-02-26


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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