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Kink instabilities with short wavelengths along an elliptic magnetic stagnation line in anisotropic plasmas

Journal Article · · Phys. Fluids; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.866911· OSTI ID:6854262
Pressure anisotropy cannot stabilize the kinks with short axial wavelengths that, according to ideal magnetohydrodynamics, are unstable at an elliptic magnetic stagnation line. This result is derived by applying the guiding center theory to the simple but generic case of circularly cylindrical Z-pinch equilibria with anisotropic Maxwellian distribution functions of ions and electrons.
Research Organization:
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, D-8046 Garching, Federal Republic of Germany
OSTI ID:
6854262
Journal Information:
Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 31:11; ISSN PFLDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English