Gradients and thermal effects on ring current loss-cone instability

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Jun 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976p%26ss...24..609l&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 24, June 1976, p. 609-611.

Physics

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Density Distribution, Earth Magnetosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Loss, Plasma Temperature, Ring Currents, Cold Plasmas, Current Distribution, Electron Energy, Ionospheric Drift, Nonuniform Plasmas, Plasma Density, Temperature Effects

Scientific paper

The proton ring current is found to become unstable to a flute-type
loss-cone mode in the presence of inhomogeneities in the background
plasma. Larger growth rates poleward of the equator are expected when
the finite temperature of electrons is taken into account.

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