Published March 1982 | Version v1
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Lower-hybrid drift instability as a dissipation mechanism in the magnetospheric plasma

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Cosmic Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR

Description

The lower-hybrid drift instability is analyzed as a dissipation mechanism near the neutral plane in the tail of the earth's magnetosphere. An instability can occur in a neutral sheet with a sufficiently large normal magnetic-field component

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
2
Series
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
196-198
ISSN
0360-0343

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14789865
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
DISTURBANCES; EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; ENERGY LOSSES; ION PLASMA WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TEARING INSTABILITY
Descriptors DEC
EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INSTABILITY; ION WAVES; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; PLASMA WAVES

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Fizika Plazmy (USSR).