Acceleration of a Plasma by Time-Varying Magnetic Fields
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Abstract: An application of the magnetic mirror principle to the acceleration of a plasma is described. It is shown that an axially symmetric magnetic field which increases with time but decreases with distance along the axis can impart a net translational energy to a plasma. This effect on a plasma is contrasted with that arising from an impressed electric field, which is not effective in producing acceleration.
Date:
December 6, 1954
Creator:
Post, Richard F.
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