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Collisionless hydrodynamics of z-pinch with finite ion Larmor radius and the interchange instability

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7288371

The correct collisionless MHD approximation for the plasma is shown to be that of anisotropic hydrodynamics with a magnetic viscosity, with the finite ion Larmor radius being taken into account. These equations furnish a theoretical explanation for the constriction (''sausage'') wavelength observed experimentally in the plasma channel of a straight discharge (Z pinch) )S. M. Osovets, E. I. Pavlov, and V. I. Sinitsyn, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 64, 1228 (1973) (Sov. Phys. JETP 37, 625 (1973) ).

Research Organization:
I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow
OSTI ID:
7288371
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 3:1; ISSN SJPPD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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