Published September 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of whistler instability in the Phaedrus-B tandem mirror plasma

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Johnson Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1687 (United States)

Description

Experimental results of whistler instability studies in the Phaedrus-B tandem mirror plasma [Phys. Fluids B 2, 787 (1990)] during electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECH) and ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) heating are compared with theoretical models that predict whistler instability. The experimental results suggest that the whistler instability was caused by ''warm'' anisotropic electrons

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Journal Title
Physics of Fluids B
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 2907-2914.
ISSN
0899-8221
CODEN
PFBPEI