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Electromagnetic instabilities in high-β anti-loss-cone plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

B. Buti
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India

Abstract

The stability of electromagnetic drift waves in high-β anti-loss-cone plasmas is investigated. These waves with propagation transverse to the external magnetic field are found to be unstable provided ρ > ρc, where ρ is the parameter which characterizes the strength of the anti-loss-cone. The growth rates associated with this instability (which may be called the anti-loss-cone drift instability) are ˜ 0·1Ωe and they increase with the strength of the anti-loss-cone.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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