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A study is made of the electromagnetic instability of a homogeneous plasma with a highly anisotropic one-or two-dimensional velocity distribution in the absence of a magnetic field. It is shown that, if the velocity distribution has a center of symmetry, then the plasma is always unstable against sufficiently long electromagnetic waves. This instability plays an important role in both laboratory plasma devices and cosmic rays.
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Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 72, No. 7, 2002, pp. 63–67.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by Antonov, Baranov, Gnedin.
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Antonov, V.A., Baranov, A.S. & Gnedin, Y.N. Concerning the electromagnetic instability of a homogeneous anisotropic plasma. Tech. Phys. 47, 856–861 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1495047
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1495047