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The stability of a plasma system can be analyzed by different methods. For a simple mechanical system, such as the pendulum consisting of a massless rod and a bob shown in Fig. 8.1a, stability is defined by the property that a deflection from the equilibrium position (shown in grey) leads to a restoring force F rest, which drives the pendulum back to its original position. The interplay of a restoring force, which is proportional to the deflection, and the inertia of the pendulum bob leads to harmonic oscillations.
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Piel, A. (2010). Instabilities. In: Plasma Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10491-6_8
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