ON THE MECHANISM OF TEARING INSTABILITY IN A QUASI-NEUTRAL SHEET ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHENOMENON OF DETERMINISTIC CHAOS IN STRONGLY CURVED MAGNETIC-FIELDS

Authors
MALOVA HV SITNOV MI
Citation
Hv. Malova et Mi. Sitnov, ON THE MECHANISM OF TEARING INSTABILITY IN A QUASI-NEUTRAL SHEET ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHENOMENON OF DETERMINISTIC CHAOS IN STRONGLY CURVED MAGNETIC-FIELDS, Physics letters. A, 177(3), 1993, pp. 235-240
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
177
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
235 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1993)177:3<235:OTMOTI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Strong electron compressibility prevents the development of the tearin g instability in plasma formations with strongly curved magnetic field s. However, this stability effect is largely diminished due to the phe nomenon of deterministic chaos. This is due to the boundary between th e regions of chaotic and regular motion that may work like the Cherenk ov cone for the potential component of a tearing perturbation.