Free expansion of a pure electron plasma column

Autor: J. H. Malmberg, J. D. Moody
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Physical review letters. 69(25)
ISSN: 1079-7114
Popis: The collective free expansion of a magnetized pure electron plasma column along the confining axial magnetic field is experimentally and theoretically investigated. A new hydrodynamic theory for nonlinear plasma wave evolution in a bounded cylinder is described which predicts the experimental results. The plasma free expansion is initially characterized by a self-similar plasma flow resulting in a perturbed density and velocity with no characteristic length scale.
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