Nonlinear theory of mirror instability near its threshold
2008
An asymptotic model based on a reductive perturbative expansion of the drift kinetic and Maxwell’s equations is used to demonstrate that, near the instability threshold, the nonlinear dynamics of mirror modes in a magnetized plasma with anisotropic ion temperatures involves a subcritical bifurcation, leading to the formation of small-scale structures with amplitudes comparable with the ambient magnetic field.
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