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PLASMA PHYSICS REPORTS
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 79-81Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X11120099
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- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation [20092012]
- Council of the Russian Federation [NSh-65382.2010.2]
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The energy that can be released in plasma due to the onset of instability ( the excess plasma energy) is estimated. Three potentially unstable plasma states are considered, namely, plasma with an anisotropic Maxwellian velocity distribution of plasma particles, plasma with a two-beam velocity distribution, and an inhomogeneous plasma in a magnetic field with a local Maxwellian velocity distribution. The excess energy can serve as a measure of the degree to which plasma is nonequilibrium. In particular, this quantity can be used to compare plasmas in different nonequilibrium states.
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