Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1782576 | Planetary and Space Science | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The stability of kinetic Alfven waves is discussed for a partially ionized plasma with a flux of ionizing electrons which balance the plasma particle losses. Accidental electromagnetic perturbations are shown to be unstable due to the energy change of ionizing electrons.
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Authors
J. Vranjes, D. Petrovic, S. Poedts, M. Kono, V.M. Čadež,