Influence of the hall effect on plasma compressibility in a strong toroidal magnetic field

Authors :: Vladimir P. Zhukov
G. Fuchs
Source :: Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics. 39:159-165
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1998.
Abstract: The development of the tearing instability is studied in the presence of a high toroidal magnetic field and a high plasma conductivity. The variation of the plasma density is shown to be significant in this case.

Subjects :: Physics
Toroid
Condensed matter physics
Mechanical Engineering
Plasma
equipment and supplies
Condensed Matter Physics
Instability
Magnetic field
Two-stream instability
Physics::Plasma Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Hall effect
Physics::Space Physics
Compressibility
Magnetohydrodynamics
human activities

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