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PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3257170
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- Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Funds (GRF) [CityU 112306, 112307]
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Electrostatic drift waves (EDWs) are investigated in nonuniform quantum magnetized dusty plasmas by taking into account dust gravitational effects with the help of the quantum hydrodynamic model. Ions and electrons are viewed as low-temperature Fermi gases, whereas quantum effects are neglected for the dust grains. The analytical dispersion relationship of the quantum EDWs is derived. Quantum effects are shown to affect the dispersion of EDW significantly. The Jeans terms induce a driftlike instability, which does not exist with the absence of gravitational effects. The criteria and growth rate of the kind of instability are presented. Our results are relevant to dense astrophysical objects such as the interiors of astrophysical compact objects (e.g., white dwarfs and neutron stars). (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3257170]
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