Convective instability of a plasma slab in a magnetic field
Abstract
Convective instability of a plasma slab (contained between two metal walls) subject to a longitudinal external magnetic field is studied. The results show that (i) increase in the ionization rate Z causes a reduction in the stability of the plasma; (ii) the instability persists in the limit k 0.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377800010412
- Bibcode:
- 1980JPlPh..24..479S
- Keywords:
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- Convective Flow;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Stability;
- Plasma Diffusion;
- Plasma Slabs;
- Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction;
- Gas Ionization;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Plasma Cylinders;
- Plasma Physics