On the properties of affine solutions of cold plasma equations

Abstract

We study the affine solutions of the equations of plane oscillations of cold plasma, which, under the assumption of electrostaticity, correspond to the Euler-Poisson equations in the repulsive case. It is proved that the zero equilibrium state of the cold plasma equations, both with and without the assumption of electrostaticity, is unstable in the class of all affine solutions. It is also shown that an arbitrary perturbation of an axially symmetric electrostatic solution leads to a finite time blow-up.