Stability analysis of cylindrical Vlasov equilibria

Thesis/Dissertation · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6646827

Short, R W

The method is first presented for the Vlasov-Poisson equations, and demonstrated by a calculation of the lower-hybrid drift instability in a plasma with a rigid-rotor distribution function. The results indicate that the most unstable of such modes are localized near the wall, and may be affected by the boundary conditions used for the distribution function. The method is then extended to the fully electromagnetic case and applied to a relativistic E-layer interacting with a warm background plasma. The extraordinary electromagnetic mode is shown to be unstable, though with growth rates significantly lower than those obtained from calculations using the local approximation.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6646827
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
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