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Local stability of anisotropy-driven modes in diffuse high-beta plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. Goedert
Affiliation:
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
J. P. Mondt
Affiliation:
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA

Abstract

Finite ion Larmor radius effects (ε ≡ γLi/LΙ< 1 but finite) are found to cause a branching of the Alfvén ion cyclotron mode, whereas the growth rate of the mirror mode is found to be of the order of for ωci for ε≥ 0.1 and rather moderate values of plasma beta and temperature anisotropy. For this regime its growth rate considerably exceeds that of the Alfvén ion cyclotron mode.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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