Penrose criterion
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The Penrose criterion in Plasma Physics is a criterion for the kinetic stability of a plasma with a given velocity-space distribution function. This criterion can be used to determine that all so-called "single-humped" distributions (those with a single maximum), are kinetically stable. It is not employed in accounting for the electric field.[1]
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- ^ Beving, L. P.; Hopkins, M. M.; Baalrud, S. D. (November 2023). "Electron-field instability: Excitation of electron plasma waves by an electric field". Physics of Plasmas. 30 (11). doi:10.1063/5.0156041.
- Nicholson, Dwight R. (1983). Introduction to Plasma Theory. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-09045-8.
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