Observation of the Farley-Buneman instability in laboratory plasma

John, P. I. ; Saxena, Y. C. (1975) Observation of the Farley-Buneman instability in laboratory plasma Geophysical Research Letters, 2 (6). pp. 251-254. ISSN 0094-8276

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Abstract

An experiment simulating certain characteristics of the equatorial electrojet plasma (viz. Ve»re Vi ≳ ri) is described. High frequency (W ≳ Vi > ri) instabilities are observed when electrons stream in the E × B direction past ions with a velocity exceeding the ion acoustic speed. The observed phase velocities and frequencies agree with the results of the Farley-Buneman instability theory, modified to take account of finite kII. The measured instability spectrum for potential fluctuations goes as k-n ⊥ with n = 2-3.5.

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