Accession Number:

AD0723528

Title:

Electromagnetic and Finite Beta sub e Effects on the Counterstreaming Ion Instability.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Wagner,Carl E.
• Papadopoulos,Konstantinos
• Haber,Irving

Report Date:

1971-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

It was found theoretically and by computer simulation that finite electron beta sub e simply enlarges the region of instability of ions counterstreaming across a magnetic field while the rest of the linear and nonlinear theory remains unchanged. Author

Descriptors:

• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• SHOCK WAVES
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• MAGNETOSPHERE
• SOLAR WIND
• SIMULATION
• STABILITY
• IONS

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE