Accession Number:

ADA141464

Title:

Influence of Collisions on the Magnetized Ion-Ion Instability.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept. Oct 83-Oct 84,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Huba,J. D.

Report Date:

1984-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

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 DNANRL laser experiment are discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *Ion ion interactions
• *Magnetization
• *Particle collisions
• *Stability
• Electrons
• Neutrons
• Lasers
• Plasmas(Physics)
• Energy transfer
• Transport properties
• Dispersions
• Equations of motion

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE