made to fig2 a which illustrates a cycle stirling cryogenic cooler constructed and operative in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention this embodiment comprises a pressure wave generator which uses low frequency electro hydrodynamic actuation as opposed to the prior art in this embodiment a plurality of discharge electrodes 19 are electrically isolated protrude through the housing wall and are placed inside the compression space also called chamber 5 electrodes 19 are connected to a high frequency pulse power supply 20 producing low frequency magnitude modulated high frequency voltage short pulses u 1 fig2 b shows an exemplary shape of the voltage producing a cloud of non thermal plasma 21 the carrier frequency may be matched with the acoustic resonant frequency typical for the compression space or alternatively may be matched to the resonant frequency of the electrical network comprising the capacitor formed by the electrodes and the auxiliary coil not shown or alternatively may be matched with the resonant frequency of the gas molecules in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention an additional low frequency alternating voltage u 2 fig2 c shows an exemplary shape of the voltage is applied to the discharge electrodes 19 auxiliary additional electrodes may be also used thereby exerting low frequency electro hydrodynamic actuation to the cold plasma cloud the cloud acts as a u201c gas piston u201d imparting oscillatory momentum.