Stability of a thick two‐dimensional quasineutral sheet
作者:
B. Lembe`ge,
R. Pellat,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids(00319171)
(AIP Available online 1982)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 11
页码: 1995-2004
ISSN:0031-9171
年代: 1982
DOI:10.1063/1.863677
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The stability of a two‐dimensional magnetic model of a thick quasineutral sheet including a small but finite normal magnetic field component is studied in a collisionless plasma. Such a magnetic configuration allows an adiabatic motion for electrons which are trapped in good agreement with the thick sheet model. A detailed kinetic study of the energy balance shows that the ion linear tearing mode instability is suppressed by the interaction between the perturbed electromagnetic field and the adiabatic electron motion; this interaction leads to a ‘‘compressibility’’ effect which prevents the instability onset. The connection with the magnetohydrodynamic energy principle for stability is demonstrated. A general formalism is developed for any magnetic configuration and applied to a parabolic and a magnetic island topology. Some conclusions concerning the nonlinear tearing mode behavior (explosive phase) are drawn.
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