Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1864653 | Physics Letters A | 2008 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The problem of instabilities responsible for magnetic turbulence in collisionless laboratory rotating plasma is investigated. It is shown that the standard mechanism of driving the magnetorotational instability (MRI), due to negative rotation frequency gradient, disappears in such a plasma. Instead of it, a new driving mechanism due to plasma pressure gradient is predicted.
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Authors
A.B. Mikhailovskii, J.G. Lominadze, A.P. Churikov, V.D. Pustovitov, N.N. Erokhin, S.V. Konovalov,