Finite Beta Stabilization of the Drift-Cone Instability
- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 15 (6), 1153-1155
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1694044
Abstract
An analytic expression giving the drift‐cone stability criterion of a finite‐beta plasma is derived using a mirror‐ratio‐dependent loss‐cone ion distribution. This is used to determine a beta limit for stability which is found to be insensitive to changes in mirror ratio and plasma temperature.Keywords
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