Rotation induced dispersive dust drift waves are suggested as the possible cause of the formation of spokes in the Saturn's B ring. Using the plasma parameters found in the Saturn's B ring, it has been shown that the theoretically predicted spatio-temporal scalelengths agree well with the satellites and Hubble Space telescope observations of the spokes. V C 2012 American Institute of Physics.

Low frequency magnetosonic waves in positive and negative ions of equal mass and opposite charges in the presence of electrons in collisional plasmas are studied. The collisions of ions and electrons with neutrals are taken into account. The nonlinearities in the plasma system arise due to ion and electrons flux, Lorentz forces, and plasma current densities. The reductive perturbation method is applied to derive the Damped Korteweg de Vries (DKdV) equation. The time dependent solution of DKdV is presented. The effects of variations of different plasma parameters on propagation characteristics of magnetosonic waves in pair-ion electron plasma in the context of laboratory plasmas are discussed.

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