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Stability of the solar wind against the whistler mode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

P. Revathy
P. Revathy
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Geornagnetism, Colaba, Bombay 400 005, India
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Abstract

The stability of the solar wind against the whistler mode is analyzed. It is shown that the solar wind can become unstable owing to this mode after a distance of 100 R from the sun. The minimum value of the relative velocity (Ur) between ∝-particles and protons for the excitation of this instability is the proton thermal velocity αi. The maximum growth rate at 200 R occurs for the values of the parameters kρi = 0·3,(T┤/T∥)i = 0·3 and Ur/αi = 0·5.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , October 1978 , pp. 225 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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