Influence of Collisions on the Magnetized Ion-Ion Instability.

Abstract

A preliminary investigation of collisional effects on the magnetized ion-ion instability is made. It is found that ion-neutral collisions have a stabilizing influence in that they stabilize all growing modes for sufficiently large collision frequencies. On the other hand, electron-ion collisions have a destabilizing influence in that modes that are stable in the collisionless regime can be unstable because of electron-ion collisions. Applications of these results to the DNA/NRL laser experiment are discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1984
Accession Number
ADA141464

Entities

People

  • Joseph D. Huba

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Collisions
  • Corporations
  • Couplings
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Security
  • Space Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics