Stationary convection in a cylindrical plasma

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.27.1244· OSTI ID:6233487

Gomberoff, L; Hernandez, M

It is shown that viscosity and thermal conductivity leads to large-scale steady convection in a cylindrical current-carrying plasma, under the influence of a magnetic field satisfying (B/sub theta//B/sub z/)>>1. This state is the analog in a plasma of stationary convection in ordinary hydrodynamics.

• Research Organization: Facultad de Ciencias Basicas, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
• OSTI ID: 6233487
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 27:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
PLASMA
CONVECTION
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
MAGNETIC FIELDS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
VISCOSITY
CONFIGURATION
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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