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Containment forces in stable plasma configurations†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

D. R. Wells
D. R. Wells
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Miami, PO Box 248046, Coral Gables, Florida 33124
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Abstract

It is demonstrated that finite pressure gradients can be maintained in the lowest free energy state (‘relaxed state’) of a plasma configuration. The pressure forces are supported by the Magnus Force in a compressible adiabatic plasma if mass motions are considered. It has been demonstrated elsewhere that these forces can be of the same order of magnitude as the Lorentz forces in some laboratory plasmas.

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Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1988 , pp. 539 - 544
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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