Nonequilibrium Alfvénic Plasma Jets Associated with Spheromak Formation |
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Paul Bellan Submitted: 2009-10-13 18:15
Nonequilibrium Alfvénic flows have been observed in plasma jets during the helicity injection stage of
the Caltech spheromak experiment. Density and time of flight measurements of these jets show that the
flows convect dense plasma because of the axial gradient in the current channel profile. A
simplified MHD theory is derived to model the flow.
Authors: Deepak Kumar and Paul M. Bellan
Projects: None
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Publication Status: published in Physical Review Letters, Sept 2009
Last Modified: 2009-10-14 08:00
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