Flute vortices in a plasma with hot particles

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics

OSTI ID:136378

Andrushchenko, Zh N; Pavlenko, V P; Cheremnykh, O K

Flute perturbations in a plasma with {open_quotes}hot{close_quotes} are considered. Steady-state solutions are found which describe localized vortex structures. Two types of vortex solutions are considered: a dipolar vortex and a combination of a dipolar and a monopolar vortex. It is shown that the presence of {open_quotes}hot{close_quotes} particles has an effect on the region in which the vortex solutions exist in velocity space, which can give rise to a change in the particle flux leaving the plasma due to eddy convection. It is shown that the perturbed density profile in flute vortices must be nonmonotonic. 10 refs.

• OSTI ID: 136378
• Journal Information: Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics, Vol. 18, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1992; TN: Translated from Fiz. Plazmy; 18: No. 1, 47-53(Jan 1992)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA
FLUTE INSTABILITY
HOT PLASMA
VORTICES
PLASMA FLUID EQUATIONS