Mirror instability in plasma with relativistic component

A kinetic model of the mirror instability in highly non-equilibrium anisotropic relativistic plasma is presented. The growth rate is derived for long-wavelength compressible magnetic perturbations in a magnetized collisionless plasma with an anisotropic pressure of the relativistic component. The mi...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2017-11, Vol.929 (1), p.12006
Main Authors: Osipov, S M, Bykov, A M, Ellison, D C, Gladilin, P E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collisionless plasmas
Compressibility
Intergalactic media
Magnetic fields
Particle accelerators
Perturbation
Physics
Relativistic effects
Relativistic particles
Relativistic plasmas
Stability
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Summary:A kinetic model of the mirror instability in highly non-equilibrium anisotropic relativistic plasma is presented. The growth rate is derived for long-wavelength compressible magnetic perturbations in a magnetized collisionless plasma with an anisotropic pressure of the relativistic component. The mirror-type mode perturbations of the magnetic field are growing for the wave vectors preferentially directed transverse to the mean magnetic field. The mirror instability may occur in the vicinity of relativistic particle accelerators in the interstellar and intergalactic media.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/929/1/012006