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Several kinds of instabilities are often observed in the solar wind. We studied the linear theory of the current-driven electrostatic ion acoustic instability at frequencies near the ion cyclotron frequency at distances from the Sun over 0.3 to 1 AU. The properties of current driven electrostatic ion-acoustic instability are investigated. The instability parameters, such as angular wave frequency, the critical drift velocity and the growth rate are calculated. We used the dispersion relation in hot magnetized plasma to calculate the current driven ion acoustic instability properties. To determine the critical drift velocity and the growth rate a full numerical solution of the dispersion relation equation is carried out. Since the growth rate of instability depends on the wave normal angle, the drift velocity of the electron along the magnetic field and the ion thermal cyclotron radius, the calculation is carried out for ranging of the wave normal angles, drift velocities and ion thermal cyclotron radius. The results show that the growth rate of instability increases with increasing distance from the Sun. The growth rate of instability increases with decreasing the wave normal angle, but the critical drift velocity decreases with decreasing the wave normal angle.
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Kalaee, M.J. Linear theory of current driven ion acoustic instability at the distance 0.3 to 1 AU from the Sun. Astrophys Space Sci 365, 166 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-020-03879-2
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