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Stability of a plasma stream in a magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. Lamont
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow
J. C. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow
E. W. Laing
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow

Extract

The system studied is a plasma streaming parallel to a uniform magnetic field with a velocity which varies in a transverse direction. The flow is bounded at y =± a by perfectly conducting planes.

The Poisson-Vlasov equations are used to derive an integro-differential equation for ø the Fourier transform of the electrostatic potential. The kernel of this equation is expanded using a small Larmor radius expansion for ø and for the equilibrium distribution function f0.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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