Numerical simulation of the instability of a nonuniform plasma flow: Nonlinear dynamics of slipping instability
- Moscow State University (Russian Federation)
- Zanjan University (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
A kinetic model is proposed that describes the nonlinear dynamics of the instabilities of a transversely nonuniform plasma flow. It is shown that, in the linear approximation, the model yields the familiar boundary-value problem for the scalar potential in plasma. The slipping instability in a plane waveguide is considered as an example. The general dispersion relation for a flow with a stepwise uniform density profile and with a tangential discontinuity in its longitudinal velocity is analyzed qualitatively. The dynamics of the slipping instability is investigated numerically for a flow that is detached from the waveguide walls and whose longitudinal velocity obeys a linear, a sinusoidal, or a discontinuous distribution. In the nonlinear stage of the instability, the flow expands in such a way as to come into contact with the walls, the spread in the longitudinal velocities remains smaller than the initial velocity variation, and the longitudinal velocities of different transverse layers in the flow are not completely equalized.
- OSTI ID:
- 21100147
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 33, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X07080089; Copyright (c) 2007 Nauka/Interperiodica; Article Copyright (c) 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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