Abstract
In a pinch, the outward diffusion of plasma due to collisions can be balanced by the inward drift resulting from ExB, where E is the applied electric field and B the magnetic field. From the equation expressing the balance of these two effects, together with the pressure balance equation, one obtains the perpendicular conductivity, which is about one-half of the classical parallel conductivity. This result has been applied to the problem of a static pinch under the assumptions: 1) there is an applied longitudinal (B{sub z}) magnetic field; 2) the plasma is isothermal; 3) the solution depends only on the radial coordinate.
Longmire, Conrad L
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- University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Longmire, Conrad L.
The static pinch.
UN: N. p.,
1958.
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Longmire, Conrad L.
The static pinch.
UN.
Longmire, Conrad L.
1958.
"The static pinch."
UN.
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title = {The static pinch}
author = {Longmire, Conrad L}
abstractNote = {In a pinch, the outward diffusion of plasma due to collisions can be balanced by the inward drift resulting from ExB, where E is the applied electric field and B the magnetic field. From the equation expressing the balance of these two effects, together with the pressure balance equation, one obtains the perpendicular conductivity, which is about one-half of the classical parallel conductivity. This result has been applied to the problem of a static pinch under the assumptions: 1) there is an applied longitudinal (B{sub z}) magnetic field; 2) the plasma is isothermal; 3) the solution depends only on the radial coordinate.}
place = {UN}
year = {1958}
month = {Jul}
}