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The general moment equations for an electron-ion plasma are established. The distribution functions for electrons and ions are expanded in terms of orthogonal polynomials of random velocity variables ...

Wave localization and density bunching in pair ion plasmas

Phys. Plasmas 15, 100701 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.3005382

Published 27 October 2008

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Swadesh M. Mahajan1 and Nana L. Shatashvili2
1Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
2Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi 0128, Georgia and Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi 0177, Georgia
By investigating the nonlinear propagation of high intensity electromagnetic (EM) waves in a pair ion plasma, whose symmetry is broken via contamination by a small fraction of high mass immobile ions, it is shown that this new and interesting state of (laboratory created) matter is capable of supporting structures that strongly localize and bunch the EM radiation with density excess in the region of localization. Testing of this prediction in controlled laboratory experiments can lend credence, inter alia, to conjectures on structure formation (via the same mechanism) in the MEV era of the early universe. ©2008 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 4 August 2008; accepted 30 September 2008; published 27 October 2008
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Keywords
PACS
  • 52.35.-g
    Waves, oscillations, and instabilities in plasmas and intense beams
  • 52.25.-b
    Plasma properties
  • YEAR: 2008

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