Non-neutral plasma equilibria, trapping, separatrices, and separatrix crossing in magnetic mirrors

被引：43

作者：

Fajans, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS | 2003年 / 10卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1564820

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

The equilibria of non-neutral plasmas confined in Penning-Malmberg traps with axial varying (mirror) magnetic fields exhibit numerous unusual features, including potential differences along field lines, plasma density variations, trapped particles in both the high and low field regions, and unusual separatrices between trapped and untrapped particles. Mirror fields play prominent roles in a number of recent experiments, and overly simplistic models of the equilibria can lead to errors in the interpretation of experimental results. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.

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页码：1209 / 1214

页数：6

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