Fast magnetization in counterstreaming plasmas with temperature anisotropies

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2007.11.063MaRDI QIDQ637337zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Lazar

Publication date 2 September 2011

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.2385

zbMATH Keywords

counterstreaming plasmasfilamentation instabilitythermal anisotropyWeibel instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

Abstract: Counterstreaming plasmas exhibits an electromagnetic unstable mode of filamentation type, which is responsible for the magnetization of plasma system. It is shown that filamentation instability becomes significantly faster when plasma is hotter in the streaming direction. This is relevant for astrophysical sources, where strong magnetic fields are expected to exist and explain the nothermal emission observed.

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• Anisotropic Temperature Plasma Instabilities

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• An investigation of the effects of plasma-heating on the resistive-driven filamentation modes

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