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firehose instability: a standalone construct

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instability of a magnetized plasma when parallel pressure exceeds perpendicular pressure plus magnetic tension, bending field lines like a hose.

In plasma physics, firehose instability refers to instability of a magnetized plasma when parallel pressure exceeds perpendicular pressure plus magnetic tension, bending field lines like a hose. This meaning comes from Parker (1958) in Physical Review.[1]

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References

Parker, E. N. (1958). Dynamical Instability in an Anisotropic Ionized Gas of Low Density. Physical Review, 109(6), 1874-1876. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.109.1874

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