caa a22 4500 386367434 CHVBK 20180307111941.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S002237780001374X doi S002237780001374X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S002237780001374X Three-dimensional stability of solitary shear kinetic Alfvén waves in a low-beta plasma [Elektronische Daten] The three-dimensional stability of solitary shear kinetic Alfvén waves in a low-β plasma is investigated by the method of Zakharov & Rubenchik (1974). It is found that there is no instability if the direction of perturbation falls within a certain region of space. The growth rate of the instability for the unstable region is determined. This growth rate is found to decrease with increasing angle between the direction of propagation of the solitary wave and the direction of the external uniform magnetic field. A particular case of the present analysis gives results on the stability of ion-acoustic solitons in a magnetized plasma. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Das K. P. Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Kamp L. P. J. Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Sluijter F. W. Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Journal of Plasma Physics Cambridge University Press 41/1(1989-02), 171-184 0022-3778 41:1<171 1989 41 PLA https://doi.org/10.1017/S002237780001374X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S002237780001374X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Das K. P. Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kamp L. P. J. Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sluijter F. W. Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Plasma Physics Cambridge University Press 41/1(1989-02), 171-184 0022-3778 41:1<171 1989 41 PLA CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge