Abstract

Numerical solutions are obtained from analytic dispersion relations for electrostatic waves in a self-consistent, one-dimensional magnetic neutral sheet. The dispersion relations are solved in the real wave number and complex frequency domain. The properties of wave modes will be described, with special emphasis on instability. Several regimes of instability are identified which may generally be divided into two classes. Wave growth is associated firstly with counterstreaming between ions and electrons, giving rise to low frequency waves similar to the usual electrostatic two-stream mode. In addition, high frequency growing waves occur, associated with harmonics of the electron oscillation frequency across the neutral plane.

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