Rotation and Oscillation of Nonlinear Dipole Vortex in the Drift-Unstable Plasma

Abstract

The behaviors of the nonlinear dipole vortex in the drift unstable plasma are studied by numerical approaches.Model equations used in numerical simulation are derived from two-fluid model and are composed of two equations with respect to the electrostatic potential and the density perturbation.When the initial dipole vortex is inclined at some angle with respect to the direction of the drift velocity, the dipole vortex oscillates or rotates in the first stage.These phenomenon also happen in the stable system.In the second stage, one part of the dipole vortex grows and another decays because of the destabilization.The shrunk vortex rotates around the enlarged vortex.Consequently, a monopole vortex appears out of the dipole vortex.