Kinetic high-beta equilibria in a plasma slab

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physics of Fluids B; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859961· OSTI ID:5372582

Li, J; Scheffel, J ^[1]

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1. Royal Inst. of Tech., Stockholm (Sweden). Dept. of Plasma Physics and Fusion Research

Self-consistent, high-beta kinetic equilibria are derived from the Vlasov equation for a plasma slab in a nonzero magnetic field with a density gradient and a gravitational field. It is shown that a magnetic field inhomogeneity and an electric field arise as necessary consequences of the high-beta state. Hence the corresponding equilibrium forces should not be neglected in calculations of individual particle motion. Explicit expressions are derived for equilibrium quantities, useful, e.g., for large Larmor radius (LLR) studies of the Rayleigh--Taylor instability.

• OSTI ID: 5372582
• Journal Information: Physics of Fluids B; (United States), Journal Name: Physics of Fluids B; (United States) Vol. 3:9; ISSN 0899-8221; ISSN PFBPE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700103* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Kinetics
ACCELERATION
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
EQUILIBRIUM
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
HIGH-BETA PLASMA
INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA
INSTABILITY
KINETIC EQUATIONS
LARMOR RADIUS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLES
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY
SLABS