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The effects of finite Larmor radius on the perturbation flow mixing of a collisionless plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Shigeki Morioka  and
John R. Spreiter
Shigeki Morioka
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Division, Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, California 94035
John R. Spreiter
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Abstract

The Chew—Goldberger—Low theory of a collisionless plasma, modified to include the effect of finite Larmor radius of the ion and the electron, is applied to a linearized problem of two-dimensional steady flow. The zeroth-order terms in the Larmor radius expansions of the velocity distribution functions of the ion and the electron are assumed to be anisotropic Maxwellian. The spatial development of a given velocity profile is investigated for flows with either crossed or aligned magnetic fields, and for various values of Mach number, Alfvén Mach number, and anisotropic pressure ratios in the main flow.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1970 , pp. 403 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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