Alfvén Ion-Cyclotron Instability: Its Physical Mechanism and Observation in Computer Simulation
- 25 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 39 (4), 201-204
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.39.201
Abstract
The physical mechanism of the Alfvén ion-cyclotron instability due to ion-temperature anisotropy in a high- plasma is explored. We have observed evidence for the proposed mechanism in runs on a magnetostatic particle simulation code. Saturation and stabilization of the instability are discussed on the basis of the present mechanism.
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