@inproceedings{048a830e04aa4a4383247fc2f86b00b7,
title = "Modulational instability of langmuir wavepackets in collisional plasmas",
abstract = "The conditions for modulational instability of Lagmuir wavepackets propagating in collisional plasmas are investigated, by adopting a phenomenological model where the electrostatic potential φ is modelled by a phenomenological nonlinear Klein-Gordon-type equation, involving ad hoc terms in account of intrinsic plasma nonlinearity and collisionality. A reduction to a nonlinear Schrodinger type equation is carried out. Explicit criteria for modulational instability are obtained. The role of collisionality is discussed, in comparison with the conservative case.",
author = "Cook, \{J. B.\} and Elkamash, \{I. S.\} and I. Kourakis",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd.; 44th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2017 ; Conference date: 26-06-2017 Through 30-06-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9781510849303",
series = "44th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2017",
editor = "A. Bret and M. Fajardo and E. Westerhof and A. Melzer and B. Dromey and C. Riconda",
booktitle = "44th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2017",
}