A calculation of mode-mode coupling for resistive drift waves, based on the ion and electron fluid equations, shows a stable limit cycle with rather small harmonic distortion. The calculated density modulation, however, is significantly larger than observed in experiments. Cross-field transport in the direction of pump-out appears when ion-ion collisions are introduced.
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Thomas H. Stix (1968) studied this question.
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