Transition from drift to interchange instabilities in an open magnetic field line configuration

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Poli, F M ^a,c   Ricci, P ^a   Fasoli, A ^a   Podest M ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CURVATURE; DRIFT CHARACTER; DRIFT INSTABILITIES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 41549132649     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2899303     Document Type: Article

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