Nonlocal effects on the drift cyclotron loss cone dispersion relation in cylindrical geometry
作者:
R. D. Ferraro,
R. G. Littlejohn,
H. Sanuki,
B. D. Fried,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids(00319171)
(AIP Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 4
页码: 1115-1122
ISSN:0031-9171
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1063/1.866310
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
In carrying out a nonlocal analysis of drift cyclotron loss cone (DCLC) modes in a cylindrically symmetric plasma, a new dispersion relation branch not described by local theories has been found. The model assumes a low‐&bgr; plasma column with a Gaussian density profile in a uniform magnetic field. The exactk‐space integral equation is solved using a Laguerre polynomial decomposition of the eigenfunctions. It is these new modes that couple with the diamagnetic drift wave to form unstable DCLC modes, a phenomenon not predicted by local theory. The existence of these modes requires a proper treatment of the spatial variation of the equilibrium distribution function describing the ions.
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