The Lower-Hybrid-Drift Instability in Non-Antiparallel Reversed Field Plasmas.
Abstract
The lower-hybrid-drift instability is investigated in non-antiparallel reversed field plasmas, i.e., the magnetic fields on either side of a neutral line are not anti-parallel. Such a magnetic field configuration contains magnetic shear which has a stabilizing influence on the lower-hybrid-drift instability. It is found that magnetic shear has an inhibiting effect on the linear penetration of the lower-hybrid-drift mode toward the neutral line. The implications of this result to the reconnection processes in the magnetosphere (i.e., the nose and the magnetotail) are discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 29, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA107269
Entities
People
- J. F. Drake
- Joseph D. Huba
- N. T. Gladd
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory