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Ordinary-mode electromagnetic instabifity for counter-streaming ions with anisotropic temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. D. Gaffey ,
W. B. Thompson  and
C. S Liu
J. D. Gaffey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
W. B. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
C. S Liu
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
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Abstract

The instability of the ordinary electromagnetic mode propagating perpendicular to an external magnetic field is investigated for two ion beams with anisotropic temperatures, counter-streaming along the magnetic field. A necessary and sufficient condition for instability is derived. The growth rate is calculated, and found to be typically several times the ion cyclotron frequency Ωi, although in extreme cases γmax may be as large as (Mi/me)½Ωi.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 17 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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