An Investigation of the Effects of a Driven Plasma Rotation on Fluctuation in a Magnetized Linear Plasma Source. Final Technical Report

Thomas, E.

Fisk University (United States)

关键词: Magnetic Fields;    70 Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology;    Kinetics;    Electric Fields;    Plasma Drift;   

DOI  :  10.2172/824992
RP-ID  :  None
RP-ID  :  FG02-98ER54476
RP-ID  :  824992

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The rotation of a plasma is one of the most fundamental global modes of plasma behavior. It is the zeroth order plasma response to a transverse electric field. In its simplest kinetic form, the so-called E x B drift (here, E is the electric field vector and B is the magnetic field vector), both the ions and the electrons will undergo a drift in the same direction. This motion is considered a universal mode of a plasma since the mechanism of the E x B drift is, to zero-order, independent of both the mass and the charge of the particles.