Kink Instability is a type of magnetohydrodynamic instability in plasma physics characterized by localized, large-scale transverse distortions of a plasma column due to curvature-driven perturbations that exceed stabilizing magnetic tension forces.
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Confined and Ejective Eruptions of Kink-unstable Flux Ropes
Tibor Török, B. Kliem · The Astrophysical Journal · 2005 · 877 citations · Full text
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Drift Mirror Instability in the Magnetosphere
Akira Hasegawa · The Physics of Fluids · 1969 · 676 citations
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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