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A technique for calculating finite Larmor radius corrections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Colette Robertson
Colette Robertson
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ
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Abstract

Finite Larmor radius corrections may be significant in plasma stability theory, and the geometry of the cylindrical pinch is appropriate for theoretical development. The study presented here is limited to calculation of the perturbation of the energy of a particle by a normal mode disturbance. This is found to be complicated when terms proportional to the square of the Larmor radius are retained. It is concluded that stability theory becomes identical with drift wave theory in complex geometry.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 169 - 175
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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