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Ion acoustic instability in the presence of plasma turbulence in the solar wind

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The adiabatic theory of interaction between high and low frequency waves has been studied for the case of electron plasma oscillations and ion acoustic waves and the results are applied to the solar wind. The modified dispersion relation for ion acoustic waves has been derived, taking a Gaussian distribution for plasmons. Two limiting cases of the spectrum are studied. For a broad spectrum, the plasma turbulence has a destabilising effect by introducing a growth rate denoted by γ turbulence, which is positive for k 0 > (m e/ m i )1/2 λ −1De , k 0 being the central wave numger of the spectrum, λ De the electron Debye length. Also, even for v d(drift velocity between electrons and ions) < c s, we arrive at unstable ion acoustic modes. For narrow spectrum, the plasma turbulence has a stabilising effect.

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  1. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Magnetic Observatory, 695007, Trivandrum, India

    P. Revathy

  2. Department of Physics, University of Kerala, 695581, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, India

    S. R. Prabhakaran Nayar

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Revathy, P., Nayar, S.R.P. Ion acoustic instability in the presence of plasma turbulence in the solar wind. Sol Phys 79, 187–194 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146982

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