Solution

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The conventional electron plasma frequency is
Use , , and . Then
The equal proton density ensures charge neutrality; it does not double the electron density in this formula. Protons have their own plasma frequency,
If both cold species are allowed to move in the relative charge-separation oscillation, its squared frequency is . This gives , only about above the electron-only answer, because .

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