Finite Larmor radius assisted velocity shear stabilization of the interchange instability in magnetized plasmas

Finite Larmor radius (FLR) effects, originally shown to stabilize magnetized plasma interchange modes at short wavelength, are shown to assist velocity shear stabilization of long wavelength interchanges. It is shown that the FLR effects result in stabilization with roughly the same efficacy as the stabilization from dissipative (resistive and viscous) effects found earlier. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.