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Suppression of the flute instability

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7297263
The suppression of the flute instability by high-frequency oscillations of the magnetic lines of force and by a magnetosonic wave is analyzed. A study is made of both the usual case, in which the frequency of the high-frequency magnetic field, ..cap omega.., is higher than the collision frequency ..nu../sub e i/, and the case in which ..nu../sub e i/ is larger than ..cap omega... This latter case can occur in plasma centrifuges. It is shown that even at comparatively low amplitudes of the alternating field, H/sub 1/H/sub 0/approx. (1--10) x10/sup -4/, the flute instability can be suppressed.
Research Organization:
Moscow Physicotechnical Institute
OSTI ID:
7297263
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 3:1; ISSN SJPPD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English