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Title: Collisionless coupling of a high- β expansion to an ambient, magnetized plasma. I. Rayleigh model and scaling

Abstract

Here, the dynamics of a magnetized, expanding plasma with a high ratio of kinetic energy density to ambient magnetic field energy density, or β, are explored by adapting a model of gaseous bubbles expanding in liquids as developed by Lord Rayleigh. New features include scale magnitudes and evolution of the electric fields in the system. The collisionless coupling between the expanding and ambient plasma due to these fields is described as well as the relevant scaling relations. Several different responses of the ambient plasma to the expansion are identified in this model, and for most laboratory experiments, ambient ions should be pulled inward, against the expansion due to the dominance of the electrostatic field.

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  1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
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Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1540203
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1432905
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001605
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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Bonde, Jeffrey. Collisionless coupling of a high- β expansion to an ambient, magnetized plasma. I. Rayleigh model and scaling. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5029301.
Bonde, Jeffrey. Collisionless coupling of a high- β expansion to an ambient, magnetized plasma. I. Rayleigh model and scaling. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029301
Bonde, Jeffrey. Thu . "Collisionless coupling of a high- β expansion to an ambient, magnetized plasma. I. Rayleigh model and scaling". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029301. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1540203.
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Collisionless coupling of a high- β expansion to an ambient, magnetized plasma. II. Experimental fields and measured momentum coupling
journal, April 2018

  • Bonde, Jeffrey; Vincena, Stephen; Gekelman, Walter
  • Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5029302