Drift-Wave Instability is a type of plasma instability characterized by low-frequency, long-wavelength fluctuations driven by background density and temperature gradients, distinguished from other instabilities by its dependence on the relative drift between ions and electrons in non-uniform magnetic fields.
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Drift Mirror Instability in the Magnetosphere
Akira Hasegawa · The Physics of Fluids · 1969 · 676 citations
Akira Hasegawa, Masahiro Wakatani · Physical Review Letters · 1983 · 444 citations
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