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Experimental study of force-free, collinear plasma structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

E. E. Nolting ,
P. E. Jindra  and
D. R. Wells
E. E. Nolting
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Miami
P. E. Jindra
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Miami
D. R. Wells
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Miami
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Abstract

Detailed measurements of the trapped magnetic fields and currents in plasma structures generated by conical theta-pinches are reported. Studies of these structures interacting with a magnetic barrier, and with each other in a collision at the centre of a magnetic mirror, are reported. The magnetic well formed by the collision has been studied by simultaneous use of several diagnostic techniques. The measurements are in agreement with a force-free, collinear magnetic field configuration (Wells 1972). Arguments relating superposability and collinearity of flow fields to these observations are given.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 1 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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