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On the thermal stability of a radiating plasma subject to nonlocal thermal conduction. I - Linear analysisWe study the linear stability of an optically thin uniform radiating plasma subject to nonlocal heat transport. We derive the dispersion relation appropriate to this problem, and the marginal wavenumbers for instability. Our analysis indicates that nonlocal heat transport acts to reduce the stabilizing influence of thermal conduction, and that there are critical values for the electron mean free path such that the plasma is always unstable. Our results may be applied to a number of astrophysical plasmas, one such example being the halos of clusters of galaxies.
Document ID
19930052415
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Chun, E.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Rosner, R.
(Chicago Univ. IL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
May 10, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 408
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A36412
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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