Thermal instability in ionized plasma
arXiv:0911.2986 · doi:10.1007/s10509-009-0210-8
Abstract
We study magnetothermal instability in the ionized plasmas including the effects of Ohmic, ambipolar and Hall diffusion. Magnetic field in the single fluid approximation does not allow transverse thermal condensations, however, non-ideal effects highly diminish the stabilizing role of the magnetic field in thermally unstable plasmas. Therefore, enhanced growth rate of thermal condensation modes in the presence of the diffusion mechanisms speed up the rate of structure formation.
Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science
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