Published November 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Confinement theorem for nonneutral plasmas

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, La Jolla, California 92093

Description

A plasma consisting solely of particles of a single species is initially in the shape of a long column. It is confined by an axial magnetic field in a region of space bounded by a perfectly conducting and perfectly absorbing cylindrical wall. Conservation of angular momentum and conservation of energy are used to place an upper bound on the fraction of electrons that can ever reach the wall

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
11
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
2216-2218
ISSN
0031-9171