Instability in a magnetised collisional plasma driven by a heat flow or a current
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Bell, Anthony R
Kingham, Robert J
Watkins, Henry
Matthews, James
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Journal Article
Abstract
We solve the linearised Vlasov-Fokker-Planck (VFP) equation to show that heat flow or an electrical current in a magnetized collisional plasma is unstable to the growth of a circularly polarised transverse perturbation to a zeroth order uniform magnetic field. The Braginskii (1965) transport equations exhibit the same instability in the appropriate limit. This is relevant to laser-produced plasmas, inertial fusion energy (IFE) and to dense cold interstellar plasmas.
Date Issued
2020-08-13
Date Acceptance
2020-04-28
Citation
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2020, 62 (9)
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0741-3335
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IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume
62
Issue
9
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© 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Original Content from this work may be used under theterms of theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Anyfurther distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) andthe title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/ab8e1b
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EP/M507878/1
Subjects
physics.plasm-ph
physics.plasm-ph
astro-ph.HE
Fluids & Plasmas
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0299 Other Physical Sciences
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Published
Date Publish Online
2020-04-28