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The effects of compressibility, finite Larmor radius (FLR) and Hall currents are considered on the thermal instability of a plasma in the presence of a uniform horizontal magnetic field. For stationary convection, the compressibility has a stabilizing effect whereas FLR and Hall currents have stabilizing as well as destabilizing effects. For (C pβ/g)<1, the system is stable. The magnetic field, FLR and Hall currents introduce oscillatory modes in the system for (C pβ/g)>1.
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Sharma, R.C., Misra, J.N. Finite Larmor radius and Hall effects on thermal instability of a compressible plasma. Pramana - J Phys 29, 79–86 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845679
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