Instability of the boundary layer between a streaming plasma and a vacuum magnetic field
Journal Article
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· Phys. Fluids; (United States)
Analysis is carried out for the long-wavelength stability of the boundary layer formed when a plasma or neutralized ion beam is incident upon, and reflected by, an applied magnetic field. This equilibrium is similar to the Ferraro--Rosenbluth sheath which forms the basis for many models in magnetic fusion and magnetospheric physics. For wavelengths much greater than the sheath thickness a/sub h/, the equilibrium is unstable with growth rate (in the regime ka/sub h/<
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- OSTI ID:
- 6039952
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 26:8; ISSN PFLDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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