diocotron instabilities

[MattEU]

hello all, diocotron instabilities is something that i keep coming across and partially understand but it seems a very important subject. would people be able to shine an electric light on the subject and explain it a bit further for me or any ideas and thoughts on diocotron instabilities? the site plasma-universe seems to have a good starting explanation of them. just found out it is run by Ian Tresman, no wonder! good work Ian



diocotron instability stages


TPOD Massive Protostars mentions diocotron instabilities

The toroidal filaments couple to the hourglass-shaped current sheets and are subject to diocotron instabilities: the current flow through the plasma will sometimes form vortices that can evolve into distorted curlicue shapes. This phenomenon has been witnessed in many laboratory experiments, as well as in the polar aurorae.

4. Saturn's north polar hot spot and the Electric Universe "experimentum crucis." on holoscience suggests it causes saturns hexagonal cloud.

would a diocotron instability be the cause of hurricanes and the shape we get?



diocotron instabilities and geology on mars - near Valles Marineris

and back in 2003 Wal suggests in the article Spiral Galaxies & Grand Canyons that some parts near the Valles Marineris might have been created by them.

so it could effect geology also. are there any other geology things diocotron instabilities may have created?