Published September 24, 1973 | Version v1
Journal article

Anomalous diffusion in a magnetized plasma

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18015

Description

It is shown that the anomalous diffusion of a plasma across a strong external magnetic field may result from the hydrodynamic behavior of the plasma. The hydrodynamic contribution to the velocity-velocity correlation function is found to be proportional to 1/B for a magnetized plasma. It is suggested that classical calculations evaluate only what is essentially the microscopic part of the velocity-velocity correlations, and so do not give the 1/B contribution.

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Augmented title (English)
1/B contribution, velocity-velocity correlations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
13
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
809-811
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
5123154
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; EIGENVECTORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DRIFT
Descriptors DEC
DIFFUSION; FLUID MECHANICS; FUNCTIONS; MECHANICS

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