Physics:Mercier criterion

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The Mercier criterion is a criterion for plasma used in the theoretical study of plasma instability. It was first proposed in 1954 by C. Mercier, who applied the perturbation method (in which [math]\displaystyle{ \omega =\frac {\partial } {\partial t} }[/math] represents the frequency[specify] and [math]\displaystyle{ \mathbf k = \frac {\partial} {\partial z} }[/math] is the z-direction of the unit vector) to the plasma mathematical model to compute calculations.[1][2]

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