Equilibrium Configuration of a Plasma in the Guiding Center Limit
Description:
"We compute the equilibrium configuration of a collision-free plasma contained in an axially symmetric magnetic field. The plasma is characterized by a non-scalar pressure tensor which is obtained from a microscopic distribution function in a form suggested b the guiding center approximation. The solution is calculated in the limit where the ratio of the width to the length of the plasma region and the ratio of the gas to the magnetic pressure are both small. Boundary values at the midplane …
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Date:
September 15, 1960
Creator:
Oppenheim, Alan
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department