Understanding the saturation of proton-driven Weibel instabilities and implications for astrophysics

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ren, Chuang ^a   Blackman, Eric G ^b   Fong, Wen Fai ^c  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; GROWTH RATE; IONIC CONDUCTION; MAGNETOPLASMA; PROTON IRRADIATION; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ION MASS RATIO; ION TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY; WAVE VECTORS; WEIBEL INSTABILITIES;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 34047191763     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2409606     Document Type: Article

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