Abstract
A new mechanism is presented for anomalous dc resistivity when the electron drift velocity is close to the electron thermal velocity and . The turbulent plasma can break up into homogeneous essentially field-free regions (of width )) separated by ion density spikes () and potential jumps () (double layers). dc resistivity results from the thermalization via an electron-electron two-stream instability of the energy gained by electrons accelerated over a potential jump. No runaway electrons are produced in this process.
- Received 6 December 1976
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1283
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