Generalized Slab Model and Finite Larmor Radius Effects

Abstract

An equilibrium slab model of a barium cloud is derived. This model has finite length in the magnetic field direction and allows one to study the stability of configurations with various degrees of ionospheric short- circuiting. It reduces to previous models for the case of no short-circuiting but is quite different in the more general case. The combined influence of finite Larmor radium corrections and inertia on the stability of the infinite slab model is studied. A simple dispersion relation is obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0746060

Entities

People

  • Albert Simon
  • Jeng-nan Shiau

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Classification
  • Conductivity
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Instability
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Striations
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics