Acoustic κ-density fluctuation waves in suprathermal κ function fluids |
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Authors: | Michael R Collier Aaron Roberts Adolfo Viñas |
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Institution: | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 673, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA |
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Abstract: | We describe a new wave mode similar to the acoustic wave in which both density and velocity fluctuate. Unlike the acoustic wave in which the underlying distribution is Maxwellian, this new wave mode occurs when the underlying distribution is a suprathermal κ-function and involves fluctuations in the power law index, κ. This wave mode always propagates faster than the acoustic wave with an equivalent effective temperature and becomes the acoustic wave in the Maxwellian limit as κ → ∞. |
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Keywords: | κ-Functions Suprathermal distributions Acoustic waves |
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