English Explanatory Dictionary

diocotron instability

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/

Word forms

diocotron instability diocotron instabilities
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