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Title: Heat and particle fluxes associated with ponderomotive forces in a plasma

Journal Article · · Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5366133

The influence of space--time variations in the pumping field on the particle distribution in a plasma is studied and the distribution function is found and used to calculate the hydrodynamic parameters of the plasma. Variations in the external field are shown to induce heat and particle fluxes. The results are illustrated for a pumping field of the soliton type, for which the density of the entrainment current is estimated.

Research Organization:
Institute of Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Tbilisi
OSTI ID:
5366133
Journal Information:
Sov. Phys. - Tech. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 30:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English