Plasma electron hole kinematics. I. Momentum conservation

Hutchinson, I. H.; Zhou, C.

doi:10.1063/1.4959870

Title: Plasma electron hole kinematics. I. Momentum conservation

Journal Article · Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959870· OSTI ID:1467857

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Here, we analyse the kinematic properties of a plasma electron hole: a non-linear self-sustained localized positive electric potential perturbation, trapping electrons, which behaves as a coherent entity. When a hole accelerates or grows in depth, ion and electron plasma momentum is changed both within the hole and outside, by an energization process we call jetting. We present a comprehensive analytic calculation of the momentum changes of an isolated general one-dimensional hole. The conservation of the total momentum gives the hole's kinematics, determining its velocity evolution. Our results explain many features of the behavior of hole speed observed in numerical simulations, including self-acceleration at formation, and hole pushing and trapping by ion streams.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010491

OSTI ID:: 1467857

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1306684

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 8; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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