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Title: Final Technical Report

Abstract

The purpose of this grant was to experimentally investigate asymmetry-induced radial transport in a non-neutral (Penning-Malmberg) plasma trap. These traps provide an excellent platform for transport studies since the plasmas are generally well confined. One can then study transport in a controlled manner: the plasma is perturbed and the resulting transport measured. The focus of this research is the transport produced by applied asymmetric electric fields. The main results of our research concern (1) the theory of asymmetry-induced transport, (2) an absolute comparison of theory predictions with experimental results, (3) the amplitude scaling of the transport, (4) the frequency dependence of the transport, (5) the development of techniques to determine the relative contribution of mobility and diffusion to the transport, and (6) measuring the effect of small axial magnetic variations on the transport.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Dennis Eggleston (Occidental College)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
838043
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/54457-F
TRN: US0701853
DOE Contract Number:  
FG03-98ER54457
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; AMPLITUDES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; PLASMA; TRANSPORT; Transport; asymmetry-induced; non-neutral plasma; Penning-Malmberg Trap; resonant particle

Citation Formats

Eggleston, Dennis L. Final Technical Report. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/838043.
Eggleston, Dennis L. Final Technical Report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/838043
Eggleston, Dennis L. 2005. "Final Technical Report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/838043. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/838043.
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abstractNote = {The purpose of this grant was to experimentally investigate asymmetry-induced radial transport in a non-neutral (Penning-Malmberg) plasma trap. These traps provide an excellent platform for transport studies since the plasmas are generally well confined. One can then study transport in a controlled manner: the plasma is perturbed and the resulting transport measured. The focus of this research is the transport produced by applied asymmetric electric fields. The main results of our research concern (1) the theory of asymmetry-induced transport, (2) an absolute comparison of theory predictions with experimental results, (3) the amplitude scaling of the transport, (4) the frequency dependence of the transport, (5) the development of techniques to determine the relative contribution of mobility and diffusion to the transport, and (6) measuring the effect of small axial magnetic variations on the transport.},
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year = {Mon Mar 28 00:00:00 EST 2005},
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