Drift waves in rotating plasmas
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 27 (8), 2067-2075
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864865
Abstract
The stability of the electron drift wave is investigated in the presence of E×B plasma rotation typical of the central cell plasma in tandem mirrors. It is shown that a rotationally driven drift wave may occur at low azimuthal mode numbers. Conditions for rotational instabilities are derived. Quasilinear formulas are given for the anomalous transport associated with the unstable fluctuations.Keywords
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