@article{6118, author = {H. J. de Blank}, title = {Kinetic model of electrons in drift-Alfven current-vortices}, abstract = {Current-vortex filaments in magnetized plasmas are investigated analytically using a kinetic model for the electron motion parallel to the magnetic field. This Hamiltonian system can be considered as the minimal kinetic extension of the three-field drift-Alfven model for collisionless plasmas. Stationary current-vortex solutions are presented. They are shown to maintain their coherence in the presence of slowly changing background electro-magnetic fields due to the adiabatic response of electrons confined inside the structure. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.}, year = {2001}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, volume = {8}, number = {9}, pages = {3927-3935}, month = {Sep}, isbn = {1070-664X}, doi = {10.1063/1.1388174}, language = {eng}, }