Electronic Resource
New York, NY
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Physics of Fluids
1 (1989), S. 1336-1338
ISSN:
1089-7666
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Detailed properties of the classical electromagnetic Weibel instability in a relativistic unmagnetized plasma are investigated for a fully relativistic bi-Maxwellian distribution. In particular, exact analytical expressions for the range of unstable wavenumbers, conditions for the instability, and the growth rate of the unstable mode for weak anisotropy are derived. The analysis shows that relativistic effects tend to stabilize the Weibel instability.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.858961
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