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Diocotron instability in presence of a cold plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Aldo Nocentini
Aldo Nocentini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Abstract

The influence of the presence of a low density, cold plasma on the stability against electrostatic perturbations of a cylindrical layer of charged particles moving in a uniform magnetic field is considered. It is shown that the influence of the plasma is important when the thickness of the layer is small, and the effect is stabilizing or destabilizing whether the dielectric constant of the plasma is smaller or larger than 1. In particular it is shown that the plasma can cause an unstable precession of the layer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1969 , pp. 149 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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