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1Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Abstract:
We present turbulent properties of electrostatic drift waves in a nonuniform collisional plasma composed of magnetized electrons and ions in the presence of immobile dust particles. For this purpose, we derive a pair of nonlinear quasi-two-dimensional equations exhibiting the coupling between the generalized ion vorticity and the density fluctuations associated with collisional drift waves. The effect of a dust density gradient on the initial drift instability and fully developed turbulence is examined numerically.
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