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Stability of Luminous Discharges in Strong Fields
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
Abstract
I show that a common thermal instability of conventional plasma discharges does not occur if plasma turbulence impedes current flow. Normally, thermal discharges drain current into a single hotter filament, because classical Coulomb resistance falls as a filament heats. Anomalous resistance reverses this, stabilizing the circuit. Only small levels of turbulence are needed.
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- 7. Magnetic Fields in Galactic Nuclei
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 401 - 402
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990
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