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Amplitude Limitation of a Collisional Drift Wave Instability

F. L. Hinton, W. Horton

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A nonlinear analysis of collisional drift waves is presented in which a systematic expansion is made in powers of the wave amplitude. The two-fluid equations are used, including the effects of resistivity, viscosity, and thermal transport. The result, for the wave amplitude as a function of magnetic field in the linearly unstable region close to marginal stability, agrees reasonably well with experiment.

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Key concepts: Amplitude, Physics, Instability, Nonlinear system, Quantum electrodynamics, Mechanics, Magnetic field, Viscosity