Flute-interchange stability in a hot electron plasma

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5702177

Dominguez, R. R.

Several topics in the kinetic stability theory of flute-interchange modes in a hot electron plasma are discussed. The stability analysis of the hot-electron, curvature-driven flute-interchange mode, previously performed in a slab geometry, is extended to a cylindrical plasma. The cold electron concentration necessary for stability differs substantially from previous criteria. The inclusion of a finite temperature background plasma in the stability analysis results in an ion curvature-driven flute-interchange mode which may be stabilized by either hot-electron diamagnetic effects, hot-electron plasma density, or finite (ion) Larmor radius effects.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76ET51011
• OSTI ID: 5702177
• Report Number(s): GA-A-15745; CONF-791228-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700107* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Instabilities
CONFIGURATION
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
FLUTE INSTABILITY
HOT PLASMA
INSTABILITY
ION DRIFT
LARMOR RADIUS
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
STABILIZATION