Neutral Current Sheets in Plasmas
Published on 26. April 2012
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Paperback/Softback
VII, 163 pages
978-1-4615-8566-4 (ISBN)
Description
Neutral Current Sheets in Plasmas in Space and in the Laboratory.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Production of a Quasisteady Neutral Sheet.- 3. The Neutral Sheet or Petschek Flow?.- 4. Decrease in the Plasma Density near a Neutral Sheet.- 5. Stability of a Neutral Sheet.- Literature Cited.- Hydrodynamic Plasma Flow in a Strong Magnetic Field.- I. Hydrodynamic Plasma Flow in a Strong Magnetic Field in the Absence of Null Lines.- II. Appearance of a (Neutral) Current Sheet during Plasma Motion in the Field of a Plane Magnetic Dipole.- III. Hydrodynamic Plasma Flow near a Current Sheet.- Literature Cited.- Numerical Integration of the MHD Equations near a Magnetic Null Line.- 1. Equations for Two-Dimensional Flow.- 2. Small-Amplitude Waves.- 3. Numerical Integration.- 4. Calculated Results and Discussion.- Literature Cited.- Kinetics of a Neutral Current Sheet.- 1. Equilibrium State.- 2. Stability of a Neutral Current Sheet.- 3. Simple Models for Charged-Particle Acceleration at Neutral Current Sheets.- 4. Model for the Decay of a Current Sheet.- Literature Cited.- Experimental Study of the Conditions for the Appearance of a Neutral Current Sheet in a Plasma: Some Characteristics of the Sheet.- I. Events which Occur as a Plasma Moves in a Magnetic Field with a Null Line.- II. Experimental Apparatus for Studying the Formation of a Current Sheet near a Magnetic Null Line.- III. Current Profile near a Magnetic Null Line; Turbulent Plasma Resistance.- IV. ? Discharge in a Quadrupole Magnetic Field as a Method for Producing a Dense Plasma.- V. Development of a Neutral Current Sheet in a Magnetic Field with a Null Line in a Plasma with a Density n ? 2 ¿ 1014 cm-3.- Summary.- Literature Cited.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
VII, 163 p.
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4615-8566-4 (9781461585664)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-8564-0
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N. G. Basov
Neutral Current Sheets in Plasmas
Book
07/1976
Springer
€111.73
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Content
Neutral Current Sheets in Plasmas in Space and in the Laboratory.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Production of a Quasisteady Neutral Sheet.- 3. The Neutral Sheet or Petschek Flow?.- 4. Decrease in the Plasma Density near a Neutral Sheet.- 5. Stability of a Neutral Sheet.- Literature Cited.- Hydrodynamic Plasma Flow in a Strong Magnetic Field.- I. Hydrodynamic Plasma Flow in a Strong Magnetic Field in the Absence of Null Lines.- II. Appearance of a (Neutral) Current Sheet during Plasma Motion in the Field of a Plane Magnetic Dipole.- III. Hydrodynamic Plasma Flow near a Current Sheet.- Literature Cited.- Numerical Integration of the MHD Equations near a Magnetic Null Line.- 1. Equations for Two-Dimensional Flow.- 2. Small-Amplitude Waves.- 3. Numerical Integration.- 4. Calculated Results and Discussion.- Literature Cited.- Kinetics of a Neutral Current Sheet.- 1. Equilibrium State.- 2. Stability of a Neutral Current Sheet.- 3. Simple Models for Charged-Particle Acceleration at Neutral Current Sheets.- 4. Model for the Decay of a Current Sheet.- Literature Cited.- Experimental Study of the Conditions for the Appearance of a Neutral Current Sheet in a Plasma: Some Characteristics of the Sheet.- I. Events which Occur as a Plasma Moves in a Magnetic Field with a Null Line.- II. Experimental Apparatus for Studying the Formation of a Current Sheet near a Magnetic Null Line.- III. Current Profile near a Magnetic Null Line; Turbulent Plasma Resistance.- IV. ? Discharge in a Quadrupole Magnetic Field as a Method for Producing a Dense Plasma.- V. Development of a Neutral Current Sheet in a Magnetic Field with a Null Line in a Plasma with a Density n ? 2 1014 cm-3.- Summary.- Literature Cited.