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On the drift wave instability due to impurities
A.V. Shut'ko, V. A. Zherebtsov
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Abstract
The effects of ionized impurities on the oscillations of an inhomogeneous plasma placed in a magnetic field are analyzed. The case of low pressure plasmas is examined as well as the case of collisional plasmas which is considered in the hydrodynamical approximation. It is shown that a specific drift wave instability due to impurities arises for moderate magnetic field conditions.
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