Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Physics of Fluids
30 (1987), S. 1115-1122
ISSN:
1089-7666
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
In carrying out a nonlocal analysis of drift cyclotron loss cone (DCLC) modes in a cylindrically symmetric plasma, a new dispersion relation branch not described by local theories has been found. The model assumes a low-β plasma column with a Gaussian density profile in a uniform magnetic field. The exact k-space integral equation is solved using a Laguerre polynomial decomposition of the eigenfunctions. It is these new modes that couple with the diamagnetic drift wave to form unstable DCLC modes, a phenomenon not predicted by local theory. The existence of these modes requires a proper treatment of the spatial variation of the equilibrium distribution function describing the ions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.866310
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