Generalized Ohm's Law for a Background Plasma in the Presence of Relativistic Charged Particles

Journal Article · Fri May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.104.205004· OSTI ID:21410689

Sherlock, M ^[1]

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1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)

A generalized Ohm's law is derived for a system composed of a background magnetohydrodynamic plasma and a lower density relativistic charged-particle distribution. The interpretation of Ohmic electric fields occurring due to force balance breaks down for such a system and instead an approach based on Maxwell's equations along with the particle flux equations is necessary. Three additional terms arise in Ohm's law and each is verified numerically.

• OSTI ID: 21410689
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 20; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.205004; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CHARGED PARTICLES
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
OHM LAW
PLASMA
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ENERGY RANGE
EQUATIONS
FLUID MECHANICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
MECHANICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS