A mirror instability associated with newly created ions in a moving plasma

Details A mirror instability associated with newly created ions in a moving plasma A mirror instability associated with newly created ions in a moving plasma

Oct 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....9311527w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Oct. 1, 1988, p. 11527-11532. Navy-supported research.

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Ions, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Particle Production, Plasma Dynamics, Space Plasmas, Free Energy, Landau Damping, Linear Equations, Vlasov Equations

Scientific paper

Using a plasma model in which the ambient magnetic field is parallel to the z axis and the wave vector, an instability that resembles the usual hydromagnetic mirror instability is demonstrated. The instability is caused by freshly created ions in a moving plasma; the source of its free energy is associated with the ring distribution of the newly created ions, resulting in a high ion kinetic temperature in the direction transverse to the ambient magnetic field. The results of a stability analysis indicate that this instability can lead to the amplification of magnetosonic waves.

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