Magnetic Trapped-Particle Modes
- 8 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 46 (23), 1525-1528
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.46.1525
Abstract
It is shown that very-low-frequency magnetic modes may be unstable for systems such as tandem mirrors which contain plasma trapped in regions of unfavorable curvature. Onset of the instability occurs when the diamagnetic plasma pressure is sufficient to reverse particle drift velocities.Keywords
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