A PLASMA-TRAVELING WAVE INTERACTION
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4786740
A traveling wave disturbance can move in the direction parallel to an axial magnetic field in a confined plasma, producing sinusoidal compression and expansion. Such a disturbance might, for example, be produced by external coils. Approximate solutions of the Boltzmann equation are described which give perpendicular'' and parallel'' temperatures, -density, and axial drift speeds for electrons and ions, and for the induced axial electric field in such a disturbed plasma. Necessary conditions for a steady state (measured in a frame moving with the disturbance) are discussed. Results for disturbance frequencies near the electron collision frequency, but below the ion cyclotron frequency are included. A case is described in which ion temperature is several times greater than the electron temperature. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- California. Univ., Livermore. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-033933
- OSTI ID:
- 4786740
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-6947-T
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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