Stabilization of Drift-Cyclotron Loss-Cone Mode by Low-Frequency Density Fluctuations
- 3 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 40 (14), 938-941
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.938
Abstract
Low-frequency () density fluctuations (which may be produced by the drift-wave instability of the cold-ion species) can stabilize the drift-cyclotron loss-cone (DCLC) mode by scattering electrons and thereby providing anomalous high-frequency resistivity to the DCLC mode.
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