Gyrokinetic stability of electron-positron-ion plasmas

摘要

The gyrokinetic stability of electron-positron plasmas contaminated by an ion (proton) admixture is studied in a slab geometry. The appropriate dispersion relation is derived and solved. Stable K-modes, the universal instability, the ion-temperature-gradient-driven instability, the electron-temperature-gradient-driven instability and the shear Alfven wave are considered. It is found that the contaminated plasma remains stable if the contamination degree is below some threshold and that the shear Alfven wave can be present in a contaminated plasma in cases where it is absent without ion contamination.