Published January 1981 | Version v1
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Mode-conversion induced tearing effects in a plasma neutral sheet

Description

A new collisionless dissipation mechanism which can drive tearing modes in a plasma neutral sheet is described. The new mechanism relies on the presence of a background cold plasma which leads to mode conversion into a continuous spectrum of cold plasma waves

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A02/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
13 p.
Report number
PPPL--1737

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12593698
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; COLD PLASMA; COLLISIONLESS PLASMA; INTERACTIONS; PLASMA SHEATH; PLASMA WAVES; TEARING INSTABILITY
Descriptors DEC
INSTABILITY; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES