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Electrostatic instabilities in anti-loss-cone plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

K. G. Bhatia  and
G. S. Lakhina
K. G. Bhatia
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Colaba, Bombay 400 005, India
G. S. Lakhina
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Colaba, Bombay 400 005, India
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Abstract

It is shown that both lower hybrid and modified electron acoustic instabilities can be excited in a hot anti-loss-cone plasma co-existing with a rarefied cold plasma, provided the anti-loss-cone factor, ρ, exceeds a value Tm/Tt, where Tm and Tt are the parallel temperatures of missing and trapped electrons respectively. These instabilities are excited in a bounded range of wavenumbers and the growth rates are enhanced with the increase of cold plasma density. For

Tm/Tt < ρ > (Tm/Tt)½

both the instabilities are of resonant type whereas for ρ > (Tm/Tt)½ both may be converted into non-resonant types. These instabilities are expected to give rise to the heating of protons as well as electrons in the magnetosphere beyond the plasmapause.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , April 1978 , pp. 193 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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