Quasi-linear theory of the loss-cone instability
- 1 February 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 1 (1) , 105-112
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800003123
Abstract
The loss-cone instability of plasma confined in a mirror-type trap is considered. Relaxation of the particle distribution in the trap with a length larger than the mean free path between ‘turbulent’ collisions is described by conventional quasilinear theory. A quasi-linear equation for the ion distribution is solved analytically for the case of a small loss-cone volume of particles in velocity space (it takes place, for instance, in the case of a trap with a larger mirror ratio).Keywords
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