This thesis discusses a novel approach for solving the eigenvalue problem of plasma instabilities in the short wavelength limit. An asymptotic technique, the paraxial WKB, is employed to formulate the model, and the resulting equations obtained in the fluid limit are implemented numerically. This new model, reasonably reproduces results computed with much more complicated and time consuming codes. Examples for the scalings of the growth rate with plasma parameters are shown for the so called ion temperature gradient mode. Furthermore, a kinetic code has been used to study the properties of the electron heat transport under experimentally relevant circumstances. Here a threshold behaviour of the instability, as well as a moderate increases of the heat flux with the electron temperature gradient was found.
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This thesis discusses a novel approach for solving the eigenvalue problem of plasma instabilities in the short wavelength limit. An asymptotic technique, the paraxial WKB, is employed to formulate the model, and the resulting equations obtained in the fluid limit are implemented numerically. This new model, reasonably reproduces results computed with much more complicated and time consuming codes. Examples for the scalings of the growth rate with plasma parameters are shown for the so called ion...
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