Published May 1991
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Journal article
Migma early-time density profiles
Creators
- 1. Air Force Systems Command, Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117 (USA)
Description
Equations describing the evolution of the Migma plasma equilibrium before the onset of diamagnetism are derived. As an illustrative case, the equations are solved for the early-time Migma density and current profiles in an approximately uniform magnetic field. The density is found to vary as r-1/2 near the axis, rather than the r-1 usually assumed. (The improved profiles should prove useful in stability analyses or for initializing computer simulations.) Evolution of the equilibrium near the axis at later times is evaluated as a second illustrative case, showing that the density there eventually does approach an r-1 profile. Suggestions for computing equilibria in more general, possibly diamagnetic, fields also are presented
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Fluids B
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Phys. Fluids B.
- Journal Page Range
- 1186-1190
- ISSN
- 0899-8221
- CODEN
- PFBPE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22061697
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CANONICAL DIMENSION; DIAMAGNETISM; DISSOCIATION; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EQUATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM; FUELS; INJECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIGMA DEVICES; MOLECULAR IONS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PLASMA; PLASMA DENSITY; STABILITY; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TRAJECTORIES
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; CURRENTS; EMISSION; INTAKE; IONS; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; SCALE DIMENSION; SYNTHESIS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES