Nonlinear mirror modes in the presence of hot electrons
Plasma Physics
2015-06-11 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Geophysics
Space Physics
Abstract
A non-perturbative calculation of the gyrotropic pressures associated with large-scale mirror modes is performed, taking into account a finite, possibly anisotropic electron temperature. In the small-amplitude limit, this leads to an extension of an asymptotic model previously derived for cold electrons. A model equation for the profile of subcritical finite-amplitude large-scale structures is also presented.
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@article{arxiv.1210.4291,
title = {Nonlinear mirror modes in the presence of hot electrons},
author = {E. A. Kuznetsov and T. Passot and P. L. Sulem},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4291},
year = {2015}
}