KINETIC THEORY OF THE FLUTE INSTABILITY
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4002501
A recursive procedure is presented which is suitable for solving the Vlasov equation for systems having a simple unperturbed Hamiltonian function. The method is used to investigate the stability of a low-beta plasma supported against gravity by a magnetic field. The effect of finite plasma boundary layer thickness and of an electric field is investigated to zero order in Larmor radius. The suitability of the gravitational model for investigating the flute instability in a mirror machine is discussed. It is shown that, if the energy dependence of the drift velocities in the mirror machine is taken into account, the stability condition is much different, even to the lowest order in Larmor radius, from that in a simple gravitational model. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group.; Culham Lab., Culham, Abingdon, Berks, England
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-021371
- OSTI ID:
- 4002501
- Report Number(s):
- CLM-R-33
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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