Streaming cold cosmic ray back-reaction and thermal instabilities across the background magnetic field (1207.0228v1)

Abstract: Using the multi-fluid approach, we investigate streaming and thermal instabilities of the electron-ion plasma with homogeneous cold cosmic rays drifting perpendicular to the background magnetic field. Perturbations across the magnetic field are considered. The back-reaction of cosmic rays resulting in the streaming instability is taken into account. The thermal instability is shown not to be subject to the action of cosmic rays in the model under consideration. The dispersion relation for the thermal instability has been derived which includes sound velocities of plasma and cosmic rays, Alfv\'{e}n and cosmic ray drift velocities. The relation between these parameters determines the kind of thermal instability from Parker's to Field's type instability. The results obtained can be useful for a more detailed the investigation of electron-ion astrophysical objects such as galaxy clusters including the dynamics of streaming cosmic rays.