Plasma Physics

  1. Plasma Instabilities
    1. Linear Stability Theory
      1. Normal Mode Analysis
        1. Growth Rates
          1. Stability Criteria
          2. MHD Instabilities
            1. Ideal MHD Instabilities
              1. Interchange Instability
                1. Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
                  1. Flute Instability
                  2. Kink Modes
                    1. External Kink
                      1. Internal Kink
                      2. Ballooning Modes
                        1. Pressure-Driven Instabilities
                        2. Tearing Modes
                          1. Resistive Instabilities
                            1. Magnetic Islands
                          2. Pressure-Driven Instabilities
                            1. Beta Limits
                              1. Mercier Criterion
                            2. Microinstabilities
                              1. Drift Wave Instabilities
                                1. Universal Drift Wave
                                  1. Trapped Electron Mode
                                    1. Ion Temperature Gradient Mode
                                    2. Temperature Gradient Instabilities
                                      1. Electron Temperature Gradient Mode
                                        1. Ion Temperature Gradient Mode
                                        2. Current-Driven Instabilities
                                          1. Lower Hybrid Drift Instability
                                            1. Modified Two-Stream Instability
                                          2. Kinetic Instabilities
                                            1. Velocity Space Instabilities
                                              1. Two-Stream Instability
                                                1. Bump-on-Tail Instability
                                                2. Temperature Anisotropy Instabilities
                                                  1. Weibel Instability
                                                    1. Firehose Instability
                                                      1. Mirror Instability
                                                    2. Nonlinear Evolution
                                                      1. Saturation Mechanisms
                                                        1. Secondary Instabilities
                                                          1. Turbulent States

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