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MHD instabilities of a cylindrical plasma with a realistic energy equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Guidetta Torricelli-Ciamponi
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy
Vittorio Ciampolini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Italy
Claudio Chiuderi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Astronomia, Università di Firenze, Italy

Abstract

The influence of a realistic energy equation on the stability of a cylindrical magnetized plasma in a force-free magnetic field is discussed. Thermal conduction, heating and line radiation are included in the treatment. Explicit growth rates for the m = 0 and m = 1 modes are derived and compared with the standard adiabatic or incompressible time-scales. Finally, the relevance of these results for laboratory and solar plasmas is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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