Vortices of ion-drift and related waves
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Plasma Physics
- Vol. 38 (3) , 407-425
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002237780001268x
Abstract
The problem of vortices of ion-drift and related flute-drift, balloon-drift and drift-Alfvén waves is analysed, taking into account the finiteness of the Larmor radius of the ions. It is shown that the structure of the stationary ion-drift vortices is similar to that of the Alfvén waves. It is found that the stationary ion-drift vortices in a plasma confined in a curvilinear magnetic field are characterized, generally speaking, by two different spatial scales. The role of plasma rotation in the vortex problem is investigated.Keywords
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