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Nonlinear mirror structures in a plasma with thermal pressure anisotropy
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SYSNO ASEP 0355909 Document Type C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.) R&D Document Type Conference Paper Title Nonlinear mirror structures in a plasma with thermal pressure anisotropy Author(s) Kuznetsov, E. A. (RU)
Passot, T. (FR)
Sulem, P. L. (FR)
Hellinger, Petr (UFA-U) RID, ORCIDSource Title PLASMAS IN THE LABORATORY AND IN THE UNIVERSE: INTERACTIONS, PATTERNS, AND TURBULENCE. - Melville : American Institute of Physics, 2010 / Bertin G. ; DeLuca F. ; Lodato G. ; Pozzoli R. ; Rome M. - ISSN 0094-243X - ISBN 978-0-7354-0787-9 Pages s. 164-174 Number of pages 11 s. Action International Symposium Plasmas in the Laboratory and in the Universe: Interactions, Patterns and Turbulence Event date 01.12.2009-04.12.2009 VEvent location Como Country IT - Italy Event type WRD Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Mirror instability ; collapse ; subcritical bifurcation ; quasilinear relaxation Subject RIV BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics CEZ AV0Z30420517 - UFA-U, BC-A (2005-2011) UT WOS 000284019000017 EID SCOPUS 77955818627 DOI 10.1063/1.3460120 Annotation An asymptotic model based on a reductive perturbative expansion of the drift kinetic and the Maxwell equations, is used to demonstrate that, near the instability threshold, the nonlinear dynamics of mirror modes in a magnetized plasma with anisotropic ion temperatures, involves a subcritical bifurcation, leading to the formation of small-scale structures with amplitudes comparable with the ambient magnetic field. The influence of quasilinear effects on the initial stage of formation of mirror structures is discussed. Workplace Institute of Atmospheric Physics Contact Kateřina Adamovičová, adamovicova@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 012 ; Kateřina Potužníková, kaca@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 019 Year of Publishing 2011
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