Stability of the solar wind against the whistler mode
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 20 (2) , 225-230
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377800021528
Abstract
The stability of the solar wind against the whistler mode is analyzed. It is shown that the solar wind can become unstable owing to this mode after a distance of 100 R from the sun. The minimum value of the relative velocity (Ur) between ∝-particles and protons for the excitation of this instability is the proton thermal velocity αi. The maximum growth rate at 200 R occurs for the values of the parameters kρi = 0·3,(T┤/T∥)i = 0·3 and Ur/αi = 0·5.Keywords
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