Creation of large temperature anisotropies in a laboratory plasma

Beatty, C. B.; Steinberger, T. E.; Aguirre, E. M.; Beatty, R. A.; Klein, K. G.; McLaughlin, J. W.; Neal, L.; Scime, E. E.

doi:10.1063/5.0029315

Title: Creation of large temperature anisotropies in a laboratory plasma

Journal Article · 30 November 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029315 · OSTI ID:1755895

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West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States); WVU
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States); Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)

Ion temperature anisotropy in an expanding magnetized plasma is investigated using laser induced fluorescence. Parallel and perpendicular ion velocity distribution functions (IVDFs) were measured simultaneously with high spatial resolution in the expanding plasma. Large ion temperature anisotropies (T_⊥i/T_∥i ~ 10) are observed in a conical region at the periphery of the expanding plasma plume. A simple 2D Boris stepper model that incorporates the measured electric field structure is able to reproduce the gross features of the measured perpendicular IVDFs. Here, a Nyquist stability analysis of the measured IVDFs suggests that multiple instabilities with k_⊥ρi ~ 1 and k_||ρi ~ 0.2 are likely to be excited in these plasmas.

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Research Organization:: West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Science Foundation; NASA

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020294

OSTI ID:: 1755895

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1970673

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 27; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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