Electromagnetic beam filamentation in collisional flowing plasmas
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Vol. 31 (2) , 213-220
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/31/2/007
Abstract
The filamentation instability is discussed in a collisional, flowing plasma. It is shown that collisional absorption and finite thermal conductivity affect the growth rate and lead to a deflection of the filaments with respect to the impinging beam. In contrast to the noncollisional case, growth and deflection are also present in the supersonic case.Keywords
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