Drift Instability in Plasmas with Nonuniform Macroscopic Rotation Profiles
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Published:1972-08-15
Issue:16
Volume:50
Page:1795-1799
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ISSN:0008-4204
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Container-title:Canadian Journal of Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Can. J. Phys.
Author:
Caplan M.,Capjack C. E.,James C. R.
Abstract
The drift instability is examined in a collisionless low β plasma in the presence of nonuniform radial electric fields in the limit where charge neutrality cannot be assumed. A numerical solution and a Weber–Hermite approximation for the resulting differential equation describing the drift instability are presented.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy