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Stability of the ordinary mode to an electron heat flux

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Stability equations for the low frequency ordinary mode propagating perpendicular to a homogeneous magnetic field in the presence of a heat flux in a collisionless plasma are derived by working within an appropriate velocity reference frame. Solutions indicate the ordinary mode is stable under average solar wind conditions at 1 AU.

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  1. University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, N.M., USA

    Don S. Lemons, William C. Feldman & S. Peter Gary

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Lemons, D.S., Feldman, W.C. & Gary, S.P. Stability of the ordinary mode to an electron heat flux. Sol Phys 59, 387–393 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00951844

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