diocotron instability

/daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/

noun

A plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other.

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Meanings

noundiocotron instability (plural diocotron instabilities)

plural diocotron instabilities

  1. natural sciencesA plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other.
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