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Drift instabilities of a relativistic plasma. Part 1. Kinetic description of drift effects in a relativistic 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 role of relativistic effects in the problem of drift instabilities in an inhomogeneous magnetized plasma is analysed. The kinetic approach is developed, taking into account a non-zero plasma pressure and the electromagnetic character of the perturbations. The general dispersion relation for the perturbations in an inhomogeneous relativistic plasma is obtained. As in the case of a non-relativistic plasma, the dispersion relation is written in terms of the modified dielectric permittivity tensor. This tensor is calculated by taking into account the non-Maxwellian character of the equilibrium momentum distributions of the particles. The relation between the modified dielectric permittivity tensor and the ordinary tensor of dielectric permittivity of a homogeneous plasma is elucidated.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 15 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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