The Physics of Fluids · 1968 · 93 citations · 1 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsDifferential EquationsMathematical PhysicsNonlinear DynamicsNonlinear Wave DynamicsPartial Differential EquationsNonlinear WavesWave Nonlinearity
Two new results on the diocotron wave are presented. One is a linearized solution valid for arbitrary unperturbed density profiles, but restricted to the fundamental mode. The other exhibits a special family of exact nonlinear solutions to diocotron type motion.
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Diocotron Instability in a Cylindrical Geometry
Richard Levy · The Physics of Fluids · 1965 · 302 citations · Full text