Published April 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Axis encircling iongyro instability

  • 1. Science Applications, Inc., Laboratory for Applied Plasma Studies, Boulder, Colorado 80302

Description

An idealized plasma model in which all the ion guiding centers lie along the magnetic axis of a cylindrically symmetric plasma is investigated. The radial eigenvalue equation is derived and solved for this strongly unstable limit. Many of the physical features predicted by simple analytic limits of the WKB phase integral condition are verified by a comparison with the results of a particle simulation

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Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
764-770
ISSN
0031-9171