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Drift cyclotron instabilities in a plasma with ion impurities

Journal Article · · Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7355885
The theory of drift-cyclotron instabilities in a plasma with two ion species is considered. It is shown that electrostatic oscillations can arise in a magnetized plasma with uniform electron density but nonuniform ion density. The threshold values of the density gradients are found. (AIP)
OSTI ID:
7355885
Journal Information:
Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 21:1; ISSN SPTPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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