Stability of Sheet Pinch,

Abstract

The growth rate of the sheet pinch instability is calculated in the small Larmor radius limit using the method of integration along unperturbed orbits. It is found that the instability is driven by a small group of 'resonant' ions which cross and drift about the neutral plane having zero velocity along the field lines. The micro-instability is absolute and develops fastest for a critical perturbation wavelength, of the order of several times the thickness of the plasma sheet. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0724530

Entities

People

  • Fang C. Hoh

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Geometry
  • Instability
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Motion
  • Perturbations
  • Physical Properties
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster