Plasma diffusion due to magnetic field fluctuations
作者:
H. Okuda,
W. W. Lee,
A. T. Lin,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids(00319171)
(AIP Available online 1979)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 10
页码: 1899-1906
ISSN:0031-9171
年代: 1979
DOI:10.1063/1.862478
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Plasma diffusion due to magnetic field fluctuations has been studied in two dimensions for a plasma near thermal equilibrium and when the fluctuations are suprathermal. It is found that near thermal equilibrium, electron diffusion varies asB−2when the collisionless skin depth is greater than the thermal electron gyroradius and is generally smaller than the diffusion due to collisions or electrostatic fluctuations for a low‐&bgr; plasma. When the suprathermal magnetic fluctuation exists because of macroscopic plasma currents, electron diffusion is enhanced due to the coalescence of current filaments and magnetic islands. Magnetic field energy is found to condense to the longest wavelength available in the system and stays there longer than the electron diffusion time scale.
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