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Collisionless electrostatic interchange instabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

S. Peter Gary  and
Michelle F. Thomsen
S. Peter Gary
Affiliation:
Earth and Space Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Michelle F. Thomsen
Affiliation:
Earth and Space Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Abstract

The linear Vlasov dispersion equation for electrostatic plasma instabilities driven by gravity and weak density gradients perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field is derived and solved numerically. Two interchange instabilities emerge: the well-known fluid mode at long wavelengths and a kinetic mode at wavelengths short compared with the ion gyroradius. The properties of both instabilities are studied, as well as the effects of gravity on the universal and lower-hybrid density drift instabilities. The results show that the kinetic interchange generally has a larger growth rate than the fluid interchange instability, indicating that, whenever the latter is present in a collisionless plasma, the former may also be found.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , December 1982 , pp. 551 - 564
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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