Thermomagnetic instability of plasma composition gradients

Sadler, JD; Li, H

Sadler, JD (corresponding author), Los Alamos Natl Lab, Theoret Div, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA.; Sadler, JD (corresponding author), Los Alamos Natl Lab, Ctr Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA.

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, 2020; 27 (12):

Abstract

We show that, under Braginskii magneto-hydrodynamics, anti-parallel gradients in an average ion charge state and electron temperature can be unstable ......

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