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===List of plasma instabilities=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Buneman instability,<ref>Buneman, O., "[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1958PhRvL...1....8B&db_key=PHY&data_type=HTML&format= Instability, Turbulence, and Conductivity in Current-Carrying Plasma]" (1958) ''Physical Review Letters'', vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 8-9</ref> ** [[Farley–Buneman instability]],<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.10.279|bibcode = 1963PhRvL..10..279F|title = Two-Stream Plasma Instability as a Source of Irregularities in the Ionosphere|journal = Physical Review Letters|volume = 10|issue = 7|pages = 279–282|year = 1963|last1 = Farley|first1 = D. T.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.10.285|bibcode = 1963PhRvL..10..285B|title = Excitation of Field Aligned Sound Waves by Electron Streams|journal = Physical Review Letters|volume = 10|issue = 7|pages = 285–287|year = 1963|last1 = Buneman|first1 = O.}}</ref> ** Jeans–Buneman instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meuris|first1=Peter|last2=Verheest|first2=Frank|last3=Lakhina|first3=G.S.|date=1997|title=Influence of dust mass distributions on generalized Jeans-Buneman instabilities in dusty plasmas|journal=Planetary and Space Science|volume=45|issue=4|pages=449–454|doi=10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00155-9|bibcode=1997P&SS...45..449M|issn=0032-0633}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pandey|first1=B P|last2=Lakhina|first2=G S|date=1998|title=Jeans-Buneman instability in a dusty plasma|journal=Pramana|language=en|volume=50|issue=2|pages=191–204|doi=10.1007/bf02847529|bibcode=1998Prama..50..191P|s2cid=119658085|issn=0304-4289}}</ref> ** Relativistic Buneman instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Albright|first1=B. J.|last2=Yin|first2=L.|last3=Bowers|first3=Kevin J.|last4=Hegelich|first4=B. M.|last5=Flippo|first5=K. A.|last6=Kwan|first6=T. J. T.|last7=Fernández|first7=J. C.|date=2007|title=Relativistic Buneman instability in the laser breakout afterburner|journal=Physics of Plasmas|language=en|volume=14|issue=9|pages=094502|doi=10.1063/1.2768933|bibcode=2007PhPl...14i4502A|issn=1070-664X}}</ref> * [[Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov|Cherenkov]] instability,<ref>Kho, T. H.; Lin, A. T., "[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1990ITPS...18..513K&db_key=PHY&data_type=HTML&format=&high=4521318e0232018 Cyclotron-Cherenkov and Cherenkov instabilities]" (1990) ''IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science'' (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 18, June 1990, p. 513-517</ref> * Coalescence instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Finn|first1=J. M.|last2=Kaw|first2=P. K.|date=1977|title=Coalescence instability of magnetic islands|journal=Physics of Fluids|language=en|volume=20|issue=1|pages=72|doi=10.1063/1.861709|bibcode=1977PhFl...20...72F|osti=7364034|issn=0031-9171|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1444104/m2/1/high_res_d/7364034.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1444104/m2/1/high_res_d/7364034.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> ** Non-linear coalescence instability * Chute instability, * Collapse instability, * Cyclotron instabilities, including: ** Alfven cyclotron instability ** Cyclotron maser instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sprangle|first1=P.|last2=Chu|first2=K. R.|last3=Drobot|first3=A. T.|last4=Granatstein|first4=V. L.|date=1977|title=Theory of the cyclotron maser instability|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6396237|journal=1977 2nd International Topical Conference on Electron Beam Research Technology|volume=2|pages=703–716}}</ref> ** Electron cyclotron instability ** Electrostatic ion cyclotron Instability ** Ion cyclotron instability ** Magnetoacoustic cyclotron instability ** Proton cyclotron instability ** Non-resonant beam-type cyclotron instability ** Relativistic ion cyclotron instability ** Whistler cyclotron instability * [[Diocotron instability]],<ref>Uhm, H. S.; Siambis, J. G., "[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1979PhFl...22.2377U&db_key=PHY&data_type=HTML&format=&high=4521318e0204112 Diocotron instability of a relativistic hollow electron beam]" (1979) ''Physics of Fluids'', vol. 22, Dec. 1979, p. 2377-2381.</ref> (similar to the [[Kelvin-Helmholtz instability|Kelvin-Helmholtz fluid instability]]). * Disruptive instability (in [[tokamak]]s)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=B. Kadomtsev|first=B|date=1975-09-30|title=On disruptive instability in tokamaks|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234465890|journal=Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics|volume=1|pages=710–715|bibcode=1975FizPl...1..710K}}</ref> * Double emission instability, ** [[Edge-localized mode]]s,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3260985.stm 11 November, 2003, BBC News: Solar flare 'reproduced' in lab]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Connor|first=J. W.|date=1998|title=Edge-localized modes - physics and theory|journal=Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|language=en|volume=40|issue=5|pages=531–542|doi=10.1088/0741-3335/40/5/002|bibcode=1998PPCF...40..531C|s2cid=250851791 |issn=0741-3335}}</ref> ** Explosive instability (or [[Ballooning instability]]),<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cowley|first1=Steven C.|last2=Wilson|first2=Howard|last3=Hurricane|first3=Omar|last4=Fong|first4=Bryan|date=2003|title=Explosive instabilities: from solar flares to edge localized modes in tokamaks|journal=Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|language=en|volume=45|issue=12A|pages=A31|doi=10.1088/0741-3335/45/12A/003|bibcode=2003PPCF...45A..31C|s2cid=250824453 |issn=0741-3335}}</ref> * Double plasma resonance instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Benáček|first1=J.|last2=Karlický|first2=M.|date=2018|title=Double plasma resonance instability as a source of solar zebra emission|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|language=en|volume=611|issue=60|pages=A60|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201731424|issn=0004-6361|arxiv=1711.04281|bibcode=2018A&A...611A..60B|s2cid=119402131}}</ref> * [[Drift instability]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rutherford|first=P. H.|date=1968|title=Drift Instabilities in General Magnetic Field Configurations|journal=Physics of Fluids|language=en|volume=11|issue=3|pages=569–585|doi=10.1063/1.1691954|bibcode=1968PhFl...11..569R|issn=0031-9171}}</ref> (a.k.a. drift-wave instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rosenberg|first1=M.|last2=Merlino|first2=R. L.|date=2013|title=Drift instability in a positive ion–negative ion plasma|journal=Journal of Plasma Physics|language=en|volume=79|issue=5|pages=949–952|doi=10.1017/S0022377813000858|bibcode=2013JPlPh..79..949R|s2cid=85520731|issn=0022-3778}}</ref> or universal instability<ref>{{Cite book|title=Introduction to plasma physics|last=Goldston|first=R. J.|date=1995|publisher=Institute of Physics Pub|others=Rutherford, P. H. (Paul Harding), 1938-|isbn=978-0750303255|location=Bristol, UK|oclc=33079555}}</ref>) ** Lower hybrid (drift) instability (in the [[Critical ionization velocity]] mechanism) ** Magnetic drift instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pogutse|first=O. P.|date=1968|title=Magnetic drift instability in a collisionless plasma|journal=Plasma Physics|language=en|volume=10|issue=7|pages=649–664|doi=10.1088/0032-1028/10/7/301|bibcode=1968PlPh...10..649P|issn=0032-1028}}</ref> ** Slow Drift Instability * [[Electrothermal instability]] * Fan instability,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Krafft|first1=C.|last2=Volokitin|first2=A.|date=2010|title=Nonlinear fan instability of electromagnetic waves|journal=Physics of Plasmas|language=en|volume=17|issue=10|pages=102303|doi=10.1063/1.3479829|bibcode=2010PhPl...17j2303K|issn=1070-664X}}</ref> * Firehose instability (a.k.a. hose instability), not to be confused with the similarly named [[Firehose instability]] in galactic dynamics * Fish instability, * Free electron maser instability, * Gyrotron instability, * Helical (Helix) instability, * [[Jeans instability]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Shukla|first1=P. K.|last2=Stenflo|first2=L.|date=2006-02-08|title=Jeans instability in a self-gravitating dusty plasma|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences|language=en|volume=462|issue=2066|pages=403–407|doi=10.1098/rspa.2005.1594|bibcode=2006RSPSA.462..403S|s2cid=122754120|issn=1364-5021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sarkar|first1=Susmita|last2=Maity|first2=Saumyen|last3=Roy|first3=B|last4=Khan|first4=Manoranjan|date=2010-01-18|title=Jean's instability in a drifting dusty plasma in the presence of secondary electron emission|journal=Physica Scripta|volume=81|issue=2|pages=025504|doi=10.1088/0031-8949/81/02/025504|bibcode=2010PhyS...81b5504S|s2cid=121301944 |issn=0031-8949}}</ref> * [[Magnetic buoyancy instability]] ** [[Interchange instability]] (a.k.a. flute instability),<ref>{{Cite book|title=Introduction to plasma physics|last=Goldston|first=R. J.|date=1995|publisher=Institute of Physics Pub|others=Rutherford, P. H. (Paul Harding), 1938-|isbn=978-0750303255|location=Bristol, UK|oclc=33079555}}</ref> ** Parker instability<ref>{{Citation|last1=Kim|first1=J.|title=The Parker Instability|date=2004|work=Astrophysics and Space Science Library|pages=315–322|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|language=en|doi=10.1007/1-4020-2620-x_65|bibcode=2004ASSL..315..315K|isbn=978-1402026195|last2=Ryu|first2=D.|last3=Hong|first3=S. S.|last4=Lee|first4=S. M.|last5=Franco|first5=J.|volume=315}}</ref> (a.k.a. undular instability or magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability) ** Mixed instability (a.k.a. quasi-interchange instability) * [[Magnetorotational instability]] (in [[accretion disks]]) * Magnetothermal instability (Laser-plasmas),<ref>Bissell, J. J., Ridgers, C. P. and Kingham, R. J. "[http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v105/i17/e175001 Field Compressing Magnetothermal Instability in Laser Plasmas]" (2010) ''Physical Review Letters'', Vol. 105,175001</ref> * [[Modulational instability]] * Non-Abelian instability, * [[Pair-instability supernova#Pair-instability|Pair instability]] (in supernovae) * [[Anthony Peratt|Peratt]] instability (stacked [[toroid]]s) * Pinch instability (a.k.a. Bennett pinch instability),<ref>{{Citation|last=Frank-Kamenetskii|first=D. A.|date=1972|pages=95–96|publisher=Macmillan Education UK|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-1-349-01552-8_30|isbn=9781349015542|title=Plasma|chapter=Pinch Instability}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meierovich|first=O. E.|date=May 1986|title=Stability of a Bennett pinch|url=http://www.jetp.ac.ru/cgi-bin/dn/e_063_05_0966.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.jetp.ac.ru/cgi-bin/dn/e_063_05_0966.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|journal=Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics|language=en|volume=63|issue=5|pages=1646}}</ref> ** Sausage instability (m=0) ** [[Kink instability]] (m=1) *** Helical kink instability (a.k.a. helical instability) * [[Rayleigh–Taylor instability]] (RTI, a.k.a. gravitational instability) * Rotating instability,<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.155005|pmid = 24160609|bibcode = 2013PhRvL.111o5005B|title = Rotating Instability in Low-Temperature Magnetized Plasmas|journal = Physical Review Letters|volume = 111|issue = 15|pages = 155005|year = 2013|last1 = Boeuf|first1 = Jean-Pierre|last2 = Chaudhury|first2 = Bhaskar}}</ref> * [[Tearing mode]] instability (or resistive tearing instability<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Furth|first1=Harold P.|last2=Killeen|first2=John|last3=Rosenbluth|first3=Marshall N.|date=1963|title=Finite-Resistivity Instabilities of a Sheet Pinch|journal=Physics of Fluids|language=en|volume=6|issue=4|pages=459|doi=10.1063/1.1706761|bibcode=1963PhFl....6..459F|issn=0031-9171}}</ref>) * [[Two-stream instability]] (a.k.a. beam-plasma instability, counter-streaming instability) ** Beam acoustic instability ** Bump-on-tail instability ** Ion beam instability ** Weak beam instability * [[Weibel instability]] ** [[Chromo–Weibel instability]] (i.e. non-abelian instability) ** Filamentation instability (a.k.a. beam-Weibel instability),<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rowlands|first1=G.|last2=Dieckmann|first2=M. E.|last3=Shukla|first3=P. K.|date=2007|title=The plasma filamentation instability in one dimension: nonlinear evolution|journal=New Journal of Physics|language=en|volume=9|issue=8|pages=247|doi=10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/247|bibcode=2007NJPh....9..247R|issn=1367-2630|doi-access=free}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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