Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1782576 Planetary and Space Science 2006 4 Pages PDF
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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