Whistler instability in an electron-magnetohydrodynamic spheromak |
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| Authors: | Stenzel R L Urrutia J M Strohmaier K D |
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| Institution: | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547, USA. |
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| Abstract: | A three-dimensional magnetic vortex, propagating in the whistler mode, has been produced in a laboratory plasma. Its magnetic energy is converted into electron kinetic energy. Non-Maxwellian electron distributions are formed which give rise to kinetic whistler instabilities. The propagating vortex radiates whistler modes along the ambient magnetic field. A new instability mechanism is proposed. |
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