HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES IN A CYLINDRICAL PLASMA
S>Several extensions of the theory of hydromagnetic waves in a partially ionized gas are presented. The gas is postulated as confined in a cylindrical tube through which passes an axial magnetic field. The tube wall is assumed to be either a perfect conductor or a material of small or zero conductivity. The effects of the viscosity and compressibility of the ionized and neutral gases are included in the theory, as also are the contributions of finite conductivity and the ion - cyclotron term. The non-isotropic character of the viscosity and conductivity coefficients of the ionized gas was taken into account. A new boundary condition was derived for the insulating walls with the aid of a dipole layer of charge. A dispersion relation was obtained which allows for all these dissipative effects and which is valid for a range of frequencies which extends beyond the ion cyclotron frequency, but falls short of the frequency at which electron inertia and displacement currents become effective. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Culham Lab., Culham. Oxfordshire, England
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-028640
- OSTI ID:
- 4843316
- Report Number(s):
- CLM/R-5
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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