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Dynamics of kink instability in a non-uniform magnetoplasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. Bharuthram  and
P. K. Shukla
R. Bharuthram
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, D-4630 Bochum 1, Federal Republic ofGermany
P. K. Shukla
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, D-4630 Bochum 1, Federal Republic ofGermany
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Abstract

Accounting for an external electron current gradient, a set of nonlinear fluid equations governing the dynamics of kink instability in an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma has been derived. In the linear regime, the dispersion relation is analysed and the variation of the growth rate is graphically shown. In the nonlinear regime, it is shown that a quasi-stationary solution of the mode coupling equations can be represented as a dipolar vortex. Conditions under which the latter arises are given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 309 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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