Anisotropic pressure and finite hot-electron Larmor-radius effects on ring stability
Description:
The effect of the anisotropic pressure of a hot electron plasma on ballooning-interchange and compressional Alfven modes are investigated. General eigenmode equations for these modes are derived in the eikonal limit with finite gyro-radius effects retained. A local dispersion relation is obtained in the flute limit for an isotropic Maxwellian background plasma with a bi-Maxwellian hot electron population. Stability is investigated both analytically and numerically.
Date:
September 1, 1982
Creator:
Tsang, K. T.; Lee, X. S. & Catto, P. J.
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