Interaction of Electron Vortices under the Influence of Background Vorticity Distribution

We report experimental studies on vortex dynamics carried out recently in Kyoto University by using electron plasmas that are trapped in the Malmberg configuration with variety of initial configurations. This report includes (I) relaxation of many-clump dynamic states to "crystallization", (2) single clump dynamics in a background vorticity distribution. (3) two-clump interaction in a low-level background vorticity distribution, and (4) accelerated crystallization" of three clumps in a background vorticity distribution. Details are provided in companion papers reported in this workshop.
This article is from CP606, Non-Neutral Plasma Physics IV, p464-473, 2001. Pub. in AIP Conference Proceedings: volume 606. Prepared in cooperation with Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet, Greifswald, Germany. This article is from ADA404831 Non-Neutral Plasma Physics 4. Workshop on Non-Neutral Plasmas (2001) Held in San Diego, California on 30 July-2 August 2001