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Transition layer between two magnetized plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

L. C. Lee  and
J. R. Kan
L. C. Lee
Affiliation:
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
J. R. Kan
Affiliation:
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
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Abstract

Structures of the current layer between two magnetized anisothermal plasmas are studied on the basis of a kinetic formulation. It is shown that the structure of the current layer is dominantly controlled by the hotter species of the plasmas. The thickness is characterized by the ion gyroradius if the ion temperature is much greater than the electron temperature. The structure is, in general, insensitive to the asymptotic potential difference and the relative flow velocity between plasmas on the two sides.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , December 1979 , pp. 515 - 524
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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