Published March 1981 | Version v1
Journal article

Theory of m = l modes in collisionless plasmas

  • 1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA

Description

Modes with azimuthal or poloidal wavenumber m = 1 can appear in the form of internal kinks that are described by the ideal magnetohydrodynamic approximation, or in the form of reconnecting modes that lead to the formation of magnetic islands. An analysis of these modes is developed for collisionless regimes, where the collisional electrical resistivity is negligible and the effects of finite ion inertia and mode-particle resonance play the most important role

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Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
465-471
ISSN
0031-9171