Kinetic vortex chain solution in the drift-wave plasma regime
A fully nonlinear Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal stationary solution is found in the form of a quasi-three-dimensional chain of electron holes coupled to hydrodynamic vortices. This new coherent structure is enabled by the trapping and depletion of resonant particles, and the cyclotron dissipation of the singular current sheets. It is expected to play an important role in the collisionless magnetic field line reconnection in the drift-wave plasma regime, where it represents a plausible saturated state.
Jovanovic
D
Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 57, Yu-11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia and International Centre for Theoretical Physics, P.O. Box 586, 34100 Trieste, Italy.
Pegoraro
F