Kinetic theory of instabilities responsible for magnetic turbulence in laboratory rotating plasma

Abstract: The problem of instabilities responsible for magnetic turbulence in collisionless laboratory rotating plasma is investigated. It is shown that the standard mechanism of driving the magnetorotational instability (MRI), due to negative rotation frequency gradient, disappears in such a plasma. Instead of it, a new driving mechanism due to plasma pressure gradient is predicted. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]