Effect of guide field on lower-hybrid drift instabilities in current sheet containing energetic particles

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2012 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3676599· OSTI ID:22043550

Feng, Huang; Yibao, Li ^[1]; Yinhua, Chen ^[2]; Yu, M Y ^[3]

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1. Department of Mathematics and Physics, Anhui University of Architecture, Hefei 230601 (China)
2. Key Laboratory of Basic Physics, USTC, Chinese Academy of Science, and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei (China)
3. Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China, and Institute of Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)

The effect of a guide field on the linear lower-hybrid drift instability (LHDI) in a thin current sheet containing energetic particles is investigated using kinetic theory. It is found that the symmetry properties of the LHD modes are destroyed by the guide field. The LHDI growth rate decreases with the strength of the latter, and the perturbed magnetic field is much higher than that of the guide-field free case.

• OSTI ID: 22043550
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 19; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
DRIFT INSTABILITY
LHD DEVICE
LOWER HYBRID CURRENT DRIVE
LOWER HYBRID HEATING
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA
SYMMETRY