Self-organized confinement in whole-device modeling of laboratory magnetospheres

Li, Bo; Wang, Lipeng; Ou, Weike; Zhou, Zhenyu; Li, Zhuoyi; Rogers, Barrett N.; Mauel, M. E.

doi:10.1063/5.0063908

Self-organized confinement in whole-device modeling of laboratory magnetospheres

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063908· OSTI ID:1978955

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Beihang University, Beijing (China); Beihang Univ., Beijing (China)
Peking University, Beijing (China)
Beihang University, Beijing (China)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)
Columbia University, New York, NY (United States)

Turbulent self-organization driven by global ideal interchange modes in a dipole-confined plasma is explored with self-consistent, whole-plasma simulations using a flux-tube averaged magnetohydrodynamic model in dipole magnetic geometry. We show the existence of robust particle pinch driven by ideal interchange-mode fluctuations, in which the particles are transported up the density gradient. It is found that the plasma profiles in a dipole field spontaneously relax to a marginally stable state as centrally peaked pressure and density are created by global interchange-mode transport.

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Research Organization:: Columbia University, New York, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-00ER54585

OSTI ID:: 1978955

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 28; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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