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authorPrefetch2022-01-08 14:09:13 +0100
committerPrefetch2022-01-08 14:13:44 +0100
commit7c2d27ca89c5b096694b950c766e50df2dc87001 (patch)
treeed9ee3c02fe746350b9e0714f4648a554ade52b0 /content/know/concept/langmuir-waves
parent63966407338ed0bdb061ddfd67f8940c2ccb51d2 (diff)
Minor fixes, rename "Ion Sound Wave" and "Ito Process"
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diff --git a/content/know/concept/langmuir-waves/index.pdc b/content/know/concept/langmuir-waves/index.pdc
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--- a/content/know/concept/langmuir-waves/index.pdc
+++ b/content/know/concept/langmuir-waves/index.pdc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ We also need [Gauss' law](/know/concept/maxwells-equations/):
$$\begin{aligned}
\varepsilon_0 \nabla \cdot \vb{E}
- = q_e (n_i - n_e)
+ = q_e (n_e - n_i)
\end{aligned}$$
We split $n_e$, $\vb{u}_e$ and $\vb{E}$ into a base component
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ and use the plasma's quasi-neutrality $n_i = n_{e0}$ to get:
$$\begin{aligned}
\varepsilon_0 \nabla \cdot \big( \vb{E}_0 \!+\! \vb{E}_1 \big)
- = q_e (n_i - n_{e0} \!-\! n_{e1} )
+ = q_e (n_{e0} + n_{e1} - n_i)
\quad \implies \quad
\varepsilon_0 \nabla \cdot \vb{E}_1
- = - q_e n_{e1}
+ = q_e n_{e1}
\end{aligned}$$
Since we are looking for linear waves,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Inserting this into the continuity equation and Gauss' law yields, respectively:
$$\begin{aligned}
- i \omega n_{e1} = - i n_{e0} \vb{k} \cdot \vb{u}_{e1}
\qquad \quad
- i \varepsilon_0 \vb{k} \cdot \vb{E}_1 = q_e n_{e1}
+ -\! i \varepsilon_0 \vb{k} \cdot \vb{E}_1 = q_e n_{e1}
\end{aligned}$$
However, there are three unknowns $n_{e1}$, $\vb{u}_{e1}$ and $\vb{E}_1$,