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Drift instabilities of a relativistic plasma. Part 2. Kinetic theory of low-frequency drift instabilities of a relativistic finite-pressure plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. B. Mikhailovskii  and
O. G. Onishchenko
A. B. Mikhailovskii
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, 117810 Moscow, USSR
O. G. Onishchenko
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, 117810 Moscow, USSR
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Abstract

The generalization of the kinetic theory of low-frequency long-wavelength drift instabilities (instabilities due to the number density and temperature gradients and an instability of the Kelvin–Helmholtz type) is given for the case of a relativistic plasma. The role of relativistic effects, taking into account the anisotropy of the particle momentum distribution function, is clarified. Particular attention is paid to the investigation of instabilities of these perturbations in a relativistic electron-positron plasma.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 29 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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