Title :
On the Resistive Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Instability
Author :
Chu, Louis W.M. ; Lee, Kai Fong
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronics the Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Abstract :
An investigation is made on the conditions for validity of the analytical results for the resistive electromagnetic ion cyclotron instability discussed in a recent paper by Lee and Luhmann. The regions of validity in wavenumber space are determined numerically for various conbinations of plasma density, magnetic field, and electron drift velocity. It is concluded that the analytical results are good approximations over a large region of wavenumber space.
Keywords :
Cyclotrons; Dispersion; Electromagnetic analysis; Electron mobility; Frequency; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Plasma density; Plasma stability; Plasma waves;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1978.4317132
