Journal of Physical Studies 6(3), 310–316 (2002)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.06.310

GLOBAL DRIFT WAVES IN WEAKLY IONIZED PLASMA COLUMN

P. P. Sosenko^{1,2}, M. Poleni¹
¹Université Henri Poincaré –- Nancy I, LPMIA,
BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Cedex, France
²International Centre of Physics \& M. M. Bogoliubov Institute for Theoretical Physics
of the National Acad. Sci. of Ukraine,
14b Metrolohichna Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine

The temperature gradient effect on global drift waves in cylindrical weakly ionized plasmas is investigated. The important role of the temperature gradient in plasma oscillation properties, like eigenfrequencies, instability thresholds and rates, mode localization, is shown.

PACS number(s): 52.35.Kt, 52.35.Fp