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Current Filamentation in Parallel-Field Turbulent Plasmas

Dieter Biskamp, Wendell Horton

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An electromagnetic instability leading to filamentation of the current flowing along a magnetic field in a highly resistive plasma is investigated. The instability provides a possible explanation of the discrepancy that exists between turbulent-heating experiments and numerical simulations of the electrostatic parallel-field current-driven instability.

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Key concepts: Filamentation, Instability, Plasma, Physics, Current (fluid), Magnetic field, Mechanics, Turbulence