Isolated, one-dimensional channels of electromagnetic radiation in a plasma are shown to be unstable to bending perturbations. Let l be the wave vector of the perturbation along the channel, k be that of the radiation, and C8 be the sound speed. Then, the growth rate γ ∼ lC8 for l/k ≪ 1.
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E. J. Valeo (1974) studied this question.
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