Instability-Driven Limits on Ion Temperature Anisotropy in the Solar Wind: Observations and Linear Vlasov Theory
Kinetic microinstabilities in the solar wind arise when its non-thermal properties become too extreme. This thesis project focused specifically on the four instabilities associated with ion temperature anisotropy: the cyclotron, mirror, and parallel and oblique firehose instabilities. Numerous stu...
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Harvard University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10457 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9547903 |