Radiative and dynamic stability of a dilute plasma

We analyze the linear stability of a dilute, hot plasma, taking into account the effects of stratification and anisotropic thermal conduction. The work is motivated by attempts to understand the dynamics of the intracluster medium in galaxy clusters. We show that magnetic field configurations that n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Balbus, S, Reynolds, C
Format: Journal article
Published: 2010