Finite ion temperature effects on collisional and semicollisional tearing modes.

The finite ion gyroradius effects on the stability of global tearing modes are studied using analytic and numerical techniques. It is found that in the collisional regime the modes are weakly stabilized compared to the zero ion temperature case. In the semicollisional regime, the stabilization is weaker than the polarization drift stabilization in the zero ion temperature case. There is overall a very minor finite ion temperature modification of the stability boundary in the plasma beta, collisionality space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]