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Wave propagation in a partilly-ionized chemically-reacting plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Ta-Ming Fang  and
Howard R. Baum†
Ta-Ming Fang
Affiliation:
Havard University
Howard R. Baum†
Affiliation:
Havard University
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Abstract

Multi-fluid equations derived in a previous paper are used to study small- amplitude wave motion in a partially ionized chemically-reacting plasma. The plasma is assumed to be infinite and without external fields. The dispersion equations are derived and solved both numerically and analytically for several limiting cases. The effects of chemical reactions have been explicitly obtained. It is found that at the long-wavelength limit, the ionization and recombination terms play the dominant role for the damping of certain longitudinal waves even for a nearly frozen plasma.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , June 1973 , pp. 349 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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