Electrostatic Electron-Ion Streaming Instability

1970; AIP Publishing; Volume: 13; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.1692983

ISSN

2163-4998

Autores

H. Vernon Wong,

Tópico(s)

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Resumo

When electrons drift relative to ions across a magnetic field, the field-free instabilities can still persist. However, new possibilities for collective instabilities occur. In particular, an electrostatic instability with growth rate γ ∼ (me/mi)1/4Ωe can develop when ωpe ≫ Ωe, Te > Ti, and the electron drift velocity is less than the electron thermal velocity. This is due to the coupling of a Doppler-shifted ion mode and the electron cyclotron mode.

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