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We discuss the electron loss cone instability as a function of hot and cold electron densities and the magnetic field strength. A simple marginal stability algorithm permits a rapid estimate of the unstable frequency band. While the growth rate always peaks near the cold upper hybrid frequency, the group velocity parallel to the magnetic field can have zeros near odd half harmonics of the electron cyclotron frequencies, suggesting that the instability may be nonconvective there.
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Ashour-Abdalla, M., Kennel, C.F. (1976). VLF Electrostatic Waves in the Magnetospheres of the Earth and Jupiter. In: Knott, K., Battrick, B. (eds) The Scientific Satellite Programme during the International Magnetospheric Study. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1892-0_20
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