Ion Cyclotron Instability

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E. S. Weibel · University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

Electrostatic ion cyclotron waves are investigated for a plasma consisting of two groups of counter-streaming ions in a background of stationary electrons. Under certain conditions such waves are weakly amplified. Analytic and numerical conditions for instability are presented.

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Published in: The Physics of Fluids

Volume 13, Issue 12, pp. 3003-3006

DOI: 10.1063/1.1692893

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Ion Cyclotron Instability

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