Published 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Anomalous test particle transport in turbulent MHD fields

  • 1. Physique Statistique - Plasmas, Association Euratom-Etat Belge, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine CP231, Bd. du Triomphe, 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Association Euratom-MEdC, Romania, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza Street, RO-200585 Craiova (Romania)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Association Euratom-MEdC, Romania, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza Street, 200585 Craiova (Romania)

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Anisotropic stochastic magnetic fields lead to significant changes in the test particle transport as compared to isotropic cases. The analysis of the Langevin equations for the test particles, when considering both the magnetic anisotropy and the collisions, lead to anisotropic transport ranging from subdiffusion to diffusion. In absence of collisions, the transport is diffusive in all directions but with different diffusion coefficients. In the case of MHD produced fields, the transport in the plane perpendicular to the main magnetic field is strongly reduced, and appears to be almost diffusive while the parallel transport is still in the ballistic regime. (authors)

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Journal Title
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1938-1941
ISSN
1454-4164

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8 refs., 2 figs. Also available at: http://inoe.inoe.ro/JOAM/