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Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria in a Torus
physics.plasm-ph
It was recently demonstrated that static, resistive, magnetohydrodynamic equilibria, in the presence of spatially-uniform electrical conductivity, do not exist in a torus under a standard set of assumed symmetries and boundary conditions. The difficulty, which goes away in the ``periodic straight cylinder approximation...
physics
10,201
Toroidal Vortices in Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria
physics.plasm-ph
Resistive steady states in toroidal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), where Ohm's law must be taken into account, differ considerably from ideal ones. Only for special (and probably unphysical) resistivity profiles can the Lorentz force, in the static force-balance equation, be expressed as the gradient of a scalar and thus ...
physics
10,202
Nonlinear Two-dimensional potential plasma wake waves
physics.plasm-ph
The condition for potential description of the wake waves,generated by flat or cylindrical driving electron bunch in cold plasma is derived. The two-dimensional nonlinear equation for potential valid for small values of that is obtained and solved by the separation of variables. Solutions in the form of cnoidal waves...
physics
10,203
Quantum Molecular Dynamics of Partially Ionized Plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
We study a partially ionized hydrogen plasma by means of quantum molecular dynamics, which is based on wave packets. We introduce a new model which distinguishes between free and bound electrons. The free electrons are modelled as Gaussian wave packets with fixed width. For the bound states the 1s-wave function of the ...
physics
10,204
Current-Voltage Characteristic of a Partially Ionized Plasma in Cylindrical Geometry
physics.plasm-ph
The properties of a partially ionized plasma in a long cylindrical tube subject to a uniform axial electric field are investigated. The plasma is maintained by an external ionizing source balanced by bulk and surface recombinations. Collisions between neutrals, whose density greatly exceeds the density of charged parti...
physics
10,205
Cylindrical ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria with incompressible flows
physics.plasm-ph
It is proved that (a) the solutions of the ideal magnetohydrodynamic equation, which describe the equlibrium states of a cylindrical plasma with purely poloidal flow and arbitrary cross sectional shape [G. N. Throumoulopoulos and G. Pantis, Plasma Phys. and Contr. Fusion 38, 1817 (1996)] are also valid for incompressib...
physics
10,206
Kinetics of a Model Weakly Ionized Plasma in the Presence of Multiple Equilibria
physics.plasm-ph
We study, globaly in time, the velocity distribution $f(v,t)$ of a spatially homogeneous system that models a system of electrons in a weakly ionized plasma, subjected to a constant external electric field $E$. The density $f$ satisfies a Boltzmann type kinetic equation containing a full nonlinear electron-electron col...
physics
10,207
General dispersion equation for oscillations and waves in non-collisional Maxwellian plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
We propose a new and effective method to find plasma oscillatory and wave modes. It implies searching a pair of poles of two-dimensional (in coordinate $x$ and time $t$) Laplace transform of self-consistent plasma electric field $E(x,t) \to E_{p_1p_2}$, where $p_1 \equiv -i \omega$, $p_2 \equiv i k$ are Laplace transfo...
physics
10,208
Streamer propagation in magnetic field
physics.plasm-ph
The propagation of a streamer near an insulating surface under the influence of a transverse magnetic field is theoretically investigated. In the weak magnetic field limit it is shown that the trajectory of the streamer has a circular form with a radius that is much larger than the cyclotron radius of an electron. The ...
physics
10,209
Possibility of Microturbulence Diagnostics in a Magnetically Confined Plasma Using Multiple Scattering Effects
physics.plasm-ph
The idea of new diagnostics method for the small-scale irregular structures of magnetically confined plasma is suggested in the present paper. The method can be based on measurements of intensity attenuation of the normal sounding waves. Anomalous attenuation arises due to multiple scattering effects investigated earli...
physics
10,210
The Analytical Solution of Radiation Transfer Equation for a Layer of Magnetized Plasma With Random Irregularities
physics.plasm-ph
The problem of radio wave reflection from an optically thick plane monotonous layer of magnetized plasma is considered at present work. The plasma electron density irregularities are described by spatial spectrum of an arbitrary form. The small-angle scattering approximation in the invariant ray coordinates is suggeste...
physics
10,211
Negative-energy perturbations in cylindrical equilibria with a radial electric field
physics.plasm-ph
The impact of an equilibrium radial electric field $E $ on negative-energy perturbations (NEPs) (which are potentially dangerous because they can lead to either linear or nonlinear explosive instabilities) in cylindrical equilibria of magnetically confined plasmas is investigated within the framework of Maxwell-drift k...
physics
10,212
Dielectric function of nonideal plasmas and electrical dc conductivity
physics.plasm-ph
Within generalized linear response theory, an expression for the dielectric function is derived which is consistent with standard approaches to the electrical dc conductivity. Explicit results are given for the first moment Born approximation. Some exact relations as well as the limiting behaviour at small values of th...
physics
10,213
One-particle spectral function of electrons in a hot and dense plasma
physics.plasm-ph
A self-consistent determination of the spectral function and the self-energy of electrons in a hot and dense plasma is reported. The self-energy is determined within the approximation of the screened potential. It is shown, that the quasi-particle concept is not an adequate concept for hot and dense plasmas, since the ...
physics
10,214
Dielectric function of a two-component plasma including collisions
physics.plasm-ph
A multiple-moment approach to the dielectric function of a dense non-ideal plasma is treated beyond RPA including collisions in Born approximation. The results are compared with the perturbation expansion of the Kubo formula. Sum rules as well as Ward identities are considered. The relations to optical properties as we...
physics
10,215
Nonlinear axisymmetric resistive magnetohydrodynamic equilibria with toroidal flow
physics.plasm-ph
The equilibrium of a resistive axisymmetric plasma with purely toroidal flow surrounded by a conductor is investigated within the framework of the nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic theory. It is proved that a) the poloidal current density vanishes and b) apart from an idealized case the pressure profile should vanish on th...
physics
10,216
Nonlinear Magnetosonic Waves in a Multi-Ion-Species Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Magnetosonic waves are intensively studied due to their importance in space plasmas and also in fusion plasmas where they are used in particle acceleration and heating experiments. In the present paper we investigate the magnetosonic waves propagating in a multi-ion-species plasma perpendicular to an external magnetic ...
physics
10,217
Landau damping: is it real?
physics.plasm-ph
To calculate linear oscillations and waves in dynamics of gas and plasma one uses as a rule the old classical method of dispersion equation for complex frequencies $\omega$ and wave numbers $k$: $\epsilon(\omega,k)=0$. This method appears to be inapplicable, f.e., in the case of waves in Maxwellian collisionless plasma...
physics
10,218
Generation of ultra-short light pulses by a rapidly ionizing thin foil
physics.plasm-ph
A thin and dense plasma layer is created when a sufficiently strong laser pulse impinges on a solid target. The nonlinearity introduced by the time-dependent electron density leads to the generation of harmonics. The pulse duration of the harmonic radiation is related to the risetime of the electron density and thus ca...
physics
10,219
The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of Transition Layer
physics.plasm-ph
New types of symmetry for the Rayleigh equation are found. For small Atwood number, an analytic solution is obtained for a smoothly varying density profile. It is shown that a transition layer with a finite width can undergo some kind of stratification.
physics
10,220
Transverse quasilinear relaxation in inhomogeneous magnetic field
physics.plasm-ph
Transverse quasilinear relaxation of the cyclotron-Cherenkov instability in the inhomogeneous magnetic field of pulsar magnetospheres is considered. We find quasilinear states in which the kinetic cyclotron-Cherenkov instability of a beam propagating through strongly magnetized pair plasma is saturated by the force ari...
physics
10,221
The Radiation Transfer at a Layer of Magnetized Plasma With Random Irregularities
physics.plasm-ph
The problem of radio wave reflection from an optically thick plane monotonous layer of magnetized plasma is considered at present work. The plasma electron density irregularities are described by spatial spectrum of an arbitrary form. The small-angle scattering approximation in the invariant ray coordinates is suggeste...
physics
10,222
UV continuum emission and diagnostics of hydrogen-containing non-equilibrium plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
For the first time the emission of the radiative dissociation continuum of the hydrogen molecule ($a^{3}\Sigma_{g}^{+} \to b^{3}\Sigma_{u}^{+}$ electronic transition) is proposed to be used as a source of information for the spectroscopic diagnostics of non-equilibrium plasmas. The detailed analysis of excitation-deact...
physics
10,223
Correlated Fast Ion Stopping in Magnetized Classical Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
The results of a theoretical investigation on the stopping power of ion pair in a magnetized electron plasma are presented, with particular emphasis on the two-ion correlation effects. The analysis is based on the assumptions that the magnetic field is classically strong ($\lambda_B\ll a_c\ll \lambda_D$, where $\lambda...
physics
10,224
On the Theory of Relativistic Strong Plasma Waves
physics.plasm-ph
The influence of motion of ions and electron temperature on nonlinear one-dimensional plasma waves with velocity close to the speed of light in vacuum is investigated. It is shown that although the wavebreaking field weakly depends on mass of ions, the nonlinear relativistic wavelength essentially changes. The nonlinea...
physics
10,225
Hydrodynamical Equation for Electron Swarms
physics.plasm-ph
We study the long time behavior of light particles, e.g. an electron swarm in which Coulomb interactions are unimportant, subjected to an external field and elastic collisions with an inert neutral gas. The time evolution of the velocity and position distribution function is described by a linear Boltzmann equation (LB...
physics
10,226
Nonlinear wave propagation through cold plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Electromagnetic wave propagation through cold collision free plasma is studied using the nonlinear perturbation method. It is found that the equations can be reduced to the modified Kortweg-de Vries equation.
physics
10,227
Stopping of Gyratory Fast Particle in Magnetized Cold Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
The energy loss by a test gyratory particle in a cold plasma in the presence of homogeneous magnetic field is considered. Analytical and numerical results for the rate of energy loss are presented. This is done for strong and weak fields (i. e., when the electron cyclotron frequency is either higher, or smaller than th...
physics
10,228
Relaxed States of a Magnetized Plasma with Minimum Dissipation
physics.plasm-ph
Relaxed States of a slightly resistive and turbulent magnetized plasma is obtained by invoking the principle of minimum dissipation which leads to curl curl curl B = \lambda B . A solution of the above equation is accomplished using the analytic continuation of the Chandrasekhar-Kendall eigenfunctions in the complex do...
physics
10,229
Equation of state of a strongly magnetized hydrogen plasma
physics.plasm-ph
The influence of a constant uniform magnetic field on the thermodynamic properties of a partially ionized hydrogen plasma is studied. Using the method of Green' s function various interaction contributions to the thermodynamic functions are calculated. The equation of state of a quantum magnetized plasma is presented w...
physics
10,230
Kinetic theoretical foundation of Lorentzian statistical mechanics
physics.plasm-ph
A new kinetic theory Boltzmann-like collision term including correlations is proposed. In equilibrium it yields the one-particle distribution function in the form of a generalised-Lorentzian resembling but not being identical with the so-called $\kappa$ distribution frequently found in collisionless turbulent systems l...
physics
10,231
Collimated electron jets by intense laser beam-plasma surface interaction under oblique incidence
physics.plasm-ph
Oblique incidence of a $p$-polarized laser beam on a fully ionized plasma with a low density plasma corona is investigated numerically by Particle-In-Cell and Vlasov simulations in two dimensions. A single narrow self-focused current jet of energetic electrons is observed to be projected into the corona nearly normal t...
physics
10,232
Stopping of Charged Particles in a Magnetized Classical Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
The analytical and numerical investigations of the energy loss rate of the test particle in a magnetized electron plasma are developed on the basis of the Vlasov-Poisson equations, and the main results are presented. The Larmor rotation of a test particle in a magnetic field is taken into account. The analysis is based...
physics
10,233
Ponderomotive force of quasi-particles in a plasma
physics.plasm-ph
We derive the force exerted in the background plasma by an arbitrary distribution of non interacting quasi-particles, corresponding to either collective excitations of the plasma (plasmons, phonons) or em dressed particles (photons, neutrinos). Our approach is based on the effective Hamiltonian describing the quasi-cla...
physics
10,234
Collective Absorption Dynamics and Enhancement in Deformed Targets
physics.plasm-ph
The interaction of intense fs laser pulses with thin foils that have an imposed deformation is compared with thick targets that develop bow shocks. Both target types yield good absorption. Up to 80% absorption is obtained for a $0.2\mu m$ thick, 15 times over-dense foil at $4 \cdot 10^{18} W/cm^2$. A value of 50% is ob...
physics
10,235
Bounds on the Mobility of Electrons in Weakly Ionized Plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
We obtain exact upper and lower bounds on the steady state drift velocity, and kinetic energy of electrons, driven by an external field in a weakly ionized plasma (swarm approximation). The scattering is assumed to be elastic with simplified velocity dependence of the collision cross sections. When the field is large t...
physics
10,236
An Explicit Solution for Nonlinear Plasma Waves of Arbitrary Amplitude
physics.plasm-ph
Based on the known implicit solution for nonlinear plasma waves, an explicit solution was obtained in the form of decomposition into harmonics. The solution obtained exhibits a mechanism for steepening of nonlinear plasma wave as a result of increasing contribution of harmonics and may be used in theoretical studies of...
physics
10,237
Search for low-dimensional chaos in a reversed field pinch plasma
physics.plasm-ph
An analysis of experimental data from the RFX (Reversed Field eXperiment) reversed field pinch machine [L. Fellin, P. Kusstatscher and G. Rostagni, Fusion Eng. Des. {\bf 25}, 315 (1995)] is carried out to investigate the possible existence of deterministic chaos in the edge plasma region. The mathematical tools used in...
physics
10,238
Chaotic dynamics and coherent structure in electron beam with virtual cathode in the diode with local neutralization
physics.plasm-ph
The paper consider a complex dynamics of electron beam with virtual cathode and local neutralization of the beam charge density near anode. Different types of nonlinear behaviour, including deterministic chaos, were treated. It is shown that chaotic dynamics arises as results of spatiotemporal structures interaction.
physics
10,239
Modeling of ions energy distribution profile of electronegative plasma discharges with an efficient Monte Carlo simulator
physics.plasm-ph
The crucial role that Ions Energy Distribution Function (IEDF) at the electrodes plays in plasma processing of semiconductor materials demands that this quantity be predicted with high accuracy and with low noise levels in any plasma simulator. In this work, an efficient Particle-in-cell/Monte-Carlo (PIC/MC) simulator ...
physics
10,240
Resonance broadening theory of Farley-Buneman turbulence in the auroral E-region
physics.plasm-ph
The conventional theory of resonance broadening for a two-species plasma in a magnetic field is revised, and applied to an ionospheric turbulence case. The assumptions made in the conventional theory of resonance broadening have, in the past, led to replacing the frequency $\omega$ by $\omega+ik_{\perp}^{2}D^{*}$ in th...
physics
10,241
Mode-coupling and nonlinear Landau damping effects in auroral Farley-Buneman turbulence
physics.plasm-ph
The fundamental problem of Farley-Buneman turbulence in the auroral $E$-region has been discussed and debated extensively in the past two decades. In the present paper we intend to clarify the different steps that the auroral $E$-region plasma has to undergo before reaching a steady state. The mode-coupling calculation...
physics
10,242
Dependence of Ordinary Wave Anomalous Absorption on the sounding Problem Parameters
physics.plasm-ph
The paper describes the straightforward method of calculation of anomalous absorption of ordinary wave due to transformation into plasma wave in the upper-hybrid resonance region of magnetized plasma with random irregularities. The method is based on the general approach to calculation of scattering or transformation c...
physics
10,243
Investigation of Joint Effect of Two Mechanisms of Probe Wave Anomalous Attenuation
physics.plasm-ph
Two mechanisms of anomalous attenuation of probe waves in the experiments of ionosphere modification are discussed in the paper. The first mechanism is the well-known conversion of ordinary wave into plasma waves due to scattering from random irregularities in the upper-hybrid resonance region. The second mechanism is ...
physics
10,244
Enskog-Landau kinetic equation. Calculation of the transport coefficients for charged hard spheres
physics.plasm-ph
Using charged hard spheres model as an example, the dense one-component plasma is considered. For this model the Enskog-Landau kinetic equation is obtained and its normal solution is found using the Chapman-Enskog method. Transport coefficients are obtained numerically and analytically and compared with the experimenta...
physics
10,245
Normal solution to the Enskog-Landau kinetic equation. Boundary conditions method
physics.plasm-ph
Nonstationary and nonequilibrium processes are considered on the basis of an Enskog-Landau kinetic equation using a boundary conditions method. A nonstationary solution of this equation is found in the pair collision approximation. This solution takes into account explicitly the influence of long-range interactions. Ne...
physics
10,246
Normal solution and transport coefficients to the Enskog-Landau kinetic equation for a two-component system of charged hard spheres. The Chapman-Enskog method
physics.plasm-ph
An Enskog-Landau kinetic equation for a many-component system of charged hard spheres is proposed. It has been obtained from the Liouville equation with modified boundary conditions by the method of nonequilibrium statistical operator. On the basis of this equation the normal solutions and transport coefficients such a...
physics
10,247
Excitation of Electromagnetic Wake Fields by one-dimensional Electron Bunch in Plasma in the Presence of Circularly Polarized Intense Electromagnetic Wave
physics.plasm-ph
The excitation of electromagnetic (EM) wake waves in electron plasma by an one-dimensional bunch of charged particles has been considered in the presence of intense monochromatic circularly polarized electromagnetic (CPEM) pump wave. In the zero state (in the absence of bunch) the interaction of the pump wave with plas...
physics
10,248
The Effect of Neutral Atoms on Capillary Discharge Z-pinch
physics.plasm-ph
We study the effect of neutral atoms on the dynamics of a capillary discharge Z-pinch, in a regime for which a large soft-x-ray amplification has been demonstrated. We extended the commonly used one-fluid magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) model by separating out the neutral atoms as a second fluid. Numerical calculations usi...
physics
10,249
The two-particle problem in a many-particle system: I. Dynamically screened ladder approximation
physics.plasm-ph
The two-particle problem within a nonequilibrium many-particle system is investigated in the framework of real-time Green's functions. Starting from the dynamically screened ladder approximation of the nonequlibrium Bethe-Salpeter equation, a nonequilibrium Dyson equation is given for two-time two-particle Green's func...
physics
10,250
Enskog-Landau kinetic equation for multicomponent mixture. Analytical calculation of transport coefficients
physics.plasm-ph
The Enskog-Landau kinetic equation is considered to describe non-equilibrium processes of a mixture of charged hard spheres. This equation has been obtained in our previous papers by means of the non-equilibrium statistical operator method. The normal solution of this kinetic equation found in the first approximation u...
physics
10,251
Collisionless Damping of Low-Frequency Magnetosonic Pulses in a Two-Ion-Species Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Low-frequency mangnetosonic pulses in a two-ion-species plasma are studied theoretically and by simulation with a one-dimensional electromagnetic simulation code based on a three-fluid model, with particular attention to the dynamics of minority heavy ions. It is found that heavy ions can gain some energy from the puls...
physics
10,252
Quasi-classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Electron Gas: Dynamic properties
physics.plasm-ph
Results of quasi-classical molecular dynamics simulations of the quantum electron gas are reported. Quantum effects corresponding to the Pauli and the Heisenberg principle are modeled by an effective momentum-dependent Hamiltonian. The velocity autocorrelation functions and the dynamic structure factors have been compu...
physics
10,253
The Nonlinear Debye-Onsager Relaxation Effect in Weakly Ionized Plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
A weakly ionized plasma under the influence of a strong electric field is considered. Supposing a local Maxwellian distribution for the electron momenta the plasma is described by hydrodynamic equations for the pair distribution functions. These equations are solved and the relaxation field is calculated for an arbitra...
physics
10,254
Quasiclassical Theory and Simulations of Strongly Coupled Plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
A survey on the dynamical and thermodynamical properties of plasmas with strong Coulomb interactions in the quasi-classical density-temperature region is given. First the basic theoretical concepts describing nonideality are discussed. The chemical picture is introduced. It is shown that the nonideal plasma subsystem o...
physics
10,255
Theory of Two Dimensional Mean Field Electron Magnetohydrodynamics
physics.plasm-ph
The theory of mean field electrodynamics for diffusive processes in Electron Magnetohydrodynamic (EMHD) model is presented. In contrast to Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) the evolution of magnetic field here is governed by a nonlinear equation in the magnetic field variables. A detailed description of diffusive processes in...
physics
10,256
Electromagnetic modes in cold magnetized strongly coupled plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
The spectrum of electromagnetic waves propagating in a strongly coupled magnetized fully ionized hydrogen plasma is found. The ion motion and damping being neglected, the influence of the Coulomb coupling on the electromagnetic spectrum is analyzed.
physics
10,257
Water temperature constraint on Sonoluminescence
physics.plasm-ph
It is proposed that shock wave dynamics within the gas of a small bubble explain sonoluminescence, the emission of visible radiation. As the bubble radius oscillates, shock waves develop from spherical sound waves created inside the gas bubble. As any such shock propagates toward the center, it strengthens and, upon co...
physics
10,258
Inhomogeneity of dusty crystals and plasma diagnostics
physics.plasm-ph
Real dusty crystals are inhomogeneous due to the presence of external forces. We suggest approximations for calculations of different types of inhomogeneous DC (chain and DC with a few slabs) in the equilibrium state. The results are in a good agreement with experimental results and can be used as an effective diagnost...
physics
10,259
Amplification of External EM-wave by Nonlinear Wake Waves in Cold Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Interaction of external monochromatic, linearly polorized plane EM-wave with nonlinear one-dimensional wake wave, generated by relativistic electron bunch moving in cold plasma, is considered. At definite conditions on parameters of plasma and bunch, nonlinear wake wave can have a pronounced spikes, where plasma electr...
physics
10,260
Ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria with helical symmetry and incompressible flows
physics.plasm-ph
A recent study on axisymmetric ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria with incompressible flows [H. Tasso and G. N. Throumoulopoulos, Phys. Plasmas {\bf 5}, 2378 (1998)] is extended to the generic case of helically symmetric equilibria with incompressible flows. It is shown that the equilibrium states of the system under...
physics
10,261
Two Time-dependent Solutions of Magnetic field Annihilation in Two Dimensions
physics.plasm-ph
In this paper, two classes of exact analytic time-dependent soultion of magnetic annihilation for incompressible magnetic fluid, have been obtained by solving the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations directly. The solutions derived here possess scaling property with time $t$ as the scale factor. Based on these two solut...
physics
10,262
Anderson-Localized Ballooning Modes in General Toroidal Plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
Ballooning instabilities are investigated in three-dimensional magnetic toroidal plasma confinement systems with low global magnetic shear. The lack of any continuous symmetry in the plasma equilibrium can lead to these modes being localized along the field lines by a process similar to Anderson localization. This prod...
physics
10,263
Kinetic model of three component, weakly ionized, collisional plasma with a beam of neutral particles
physics.plasm-ph
Kinetic model of three component, weakly ionized, collisional plasma with a beam of neutral particles is developed. New dispersion relations for linear perturbations are derived and analyzed in various limiting cases.
physics
10,264
Generalized Action Invariants for Drift Waves-Zonal Flow Systems
physics.plasm-ph
Generalized action invariants are identified for various models of drift wave turbulence in the presence of the mean shear flow. It is shown that the wave kinetic equation describing the interaction of the small scale turbulence and large scale shear flow can be naturally written in terms of these invariants. Unlike th...
physics
10,265
Experimental Investigation of New Method of Energy Generation in Plasma Devices caused by Existence of Physical Space Global Anisotropy
physics.plasm-ph
An experimental investigation of a new interaction connected with the existence of the cosmological vectorial potential, has been carried out. On its basis, a new method of energy generation with the use of a plasma generator, has been studied. The experimental results and complete analysis of errors in the experiments...
physics
10,266
Second virial coefficient for the Landau diamagnetism of a two component plasma
physics.plasm-ph
This paper investigates the density expansion of the thermodynamic properties of a two component plasma under the influence of a weak constant uniform magnetic field. We start with the fugacity expansion for the Helmholtz free energy. The leading terms with respect to the density are calculated by a perturbation expans...
physics
10,267
Stopping of ion beam in a temperature anisotropic magnetized plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Using the dielectric theory for a weakly coupled plasma we investigate the stopping power of the ion in a temperature anisotropic magnetized electron plasma. The analysis is based on the assumption that the energy variation of the ion is much less than its kinetic energy. The obtained general expression for stopping po...
physics
10,268
Electric microfield distribution in two-component plasmas. Theory and Simulations
physics.plasm-ph
The distribution of the electric microfield at a charged particle moving in a two-component plasma is calculated. The theoretical approximations are obtained via the parameter integration technique and using the screened pair approximation for the generalized radial distribution function. It is shown that the two-compo...
physics
10,269
Semiclassical dynamics and time correlations in two-component plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
The semiclassical dynamics of a charged particle moving in a two-component plasma is considered using a corrected Kelbg pseudopotential. We employ the classical Nevanlinna-type theory of frequency moments to determine the velocity and force autocorrelation functions. The constructed expressions preserve the exact short...
physics
10,270
New tests for a singularity of ideal MHD
physics.plasm-ph
Analysis using new calculations with 3 times the resolution of the earlier linked magnetic flux tubes confirms the transition from singular to saturated growth rate reported by Grauer and Marliani \cite{GrauerMar99} for the incompressible cases is confirmed. However, all of the secondary tests point to a transition bac...
physics
10,271
Condensation of microturbulence-generated shear flows into global modes
physics.plasm-ph
In full flux-surface computer studies of tokamak edge turbulence, a spectrum of shear flows is found to control the turbulence level and not just the conventional (0,0)-mode flows. Flux tube domains too small for the large poloidal scale lengths of the continuous spectrum tend to overestimate the flows, and thus undere...
physics
10,272
Equilibrium orbit analysis in a free-electron laser with a coaxial wiggler
physics.plasm-ph
An analysis of single-electron orbits in combined coaxial wiggler and axial guide magnetic fields is presented. Solutions of the equations of motion are developed in a form convenient for computing orbital velocity components and trajectories in the radially dependent wiggler. Simple analytical solutions are obtained i...
physics
10,273
Resistive axisymmetric equilibria with arbitrary flow
physics.plasm-ph
An analysis of axisymmetric equilibria with arbitrary incompressible flow and finite resistivity is presented. It is shown that with large aspect ratio approximation or vanishing poloidal current, a uniform conductivity profile is consistent with equilibrium flows. Also a comment made on coexistence of both toroidal an...
physics
10,274
Dicluster Stopping in a Degenerate Electron Gas
physics.plasm-ph
In this paper we report on our theoretical studies of various aspects of the correlated stopping power of two point-like ions (a dicluster) moving in close but variable vicinity of each other in some metallic target materials the latter being modelled by a degenerate electron gas with appropriate densities. Within the ...
physics
10,275
Phase Mixing of Nonlinear Plasma Oscillations in an Arbitrary Mass Ratio Cold Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Nonlinear plasma oscillations in an arbitrary mass ratio cold plasma have been studied using 1-D particle-in-cell simulation. In contrast to earlier work for infinitely massive ion plasmas it has been found that the oscillations phase mix away at any amplitude and that the rate at which phase mixing occurs, depends on ...
physics
10,276
Laser generated wake fields as a new diagnostic tool for magnetized plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
In the presence of an external magnetic field, wake fields generated by a short laser pulse can propagate out of the plasma, and thereby provide information about the electron density profile. A method for reconstructing the density profile from a measured wake field spectrum is proposed and a numerical example is give...
physics
10,277
Magnetic Field of Relativistic Nonlinear Plasma Wave
physics.plasm-ph
Longitudinal and transverse behavior of magnetic field of relativistic nonlinear three-dimensional plasma wave is investigated. It is shown that the magnetic field of the wave is different from zero and performs higher frequency oscillations compared to the plasma electron frequency. An increase in the nonlinearity lea...
physics
10,278
The effects of the rotation in plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Electric and magnetic self-fields can exist in the rotating plasma. A self-sustained rotation can be established in the plasma. The disturbed distribution function of rotating plasma is derived from the Vlasov equation. The propagation of waves in rotating plasma differs from that in the usual plasma. New terms for Lan...
physics
10,279
Transport control by coherent zonal flows in the core/edge transitional regime
physics.plasm-ph
3D Braginskii turbulence simulations show that the energy flux in the core/edge transition region of a tokamak is strongly modulated - locally and on average - by radially propagating, nearly coherent sinusoidal or solitary zonal flows. The flows are geodesic acoustic modes (GAM), which are primarily driven by the Stri...
physics
10,280
On resistive magnetohydrodynamic equilibria of an axisymmetric toroidal plasma with flow
physics.plasm-ph
It is shown that the magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium states of an axisymmetric toroidal plasma with finite resistivity and flows parallel to the magnetic field are governed by a second-order partial differential equation for the poloidal magnetic flux function $\psi$ coupled with a Bernoulli type equation for the plasm...
physics
10,281
Connection between the Dielectric and the Ballistic Treatment of Collisional Absorption
physics.plasm-ph
In this work two important models of treating collisional absorption in a laser driven plasma are compared, the dielectric and the ballistic model. We will see that there exists a remarkable connection between these basic approaches which could give a hint how to overcome the inherent limitations. The approximations ma...
physics
10,282
Dynamical Properties and Plasmon Dispersion of a Weakly Degenerate Correlated One-Component Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
Classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations for a one-component plasma (OCP) are presented. Quantum effects are included in the form of the Kelbg potential. Results for the dynamical structure factor are compared with the Vlasov and RPA (random phase approximation) theories. The influence of the coupling parameter $\...
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10,283
Multi-filament structures in relativistic self-focusing
physics.plasm-ph
A simple model is derived to prove the multi-filament structure of relativistic self-focusing with ultra-intense lasers. Exact analytical solutions describing the transverse structure of waveguide channels with electron cavitation, for which both the relativistic and ponderomotive nonlinearities are taken into account,...
physics
10,284
Mysteries and Unknows of Single Bubble Sonoluminescence from Viewpoint of Plasma Spectroscopy
physics.plasm-ph
UV continua observed in multi-bubble and single-bubble sonoluminescence spectra of hydrogen-containing liquids have the same physical nature - radiative dissociation of electronically excited hydrogen molecules (and possibly hydrides of heavy rare gases like ArH). In the case of SBSL of "air bubble in water" the oscill...
physics
10,285
A walk in the parameter space of L-H transitions without stepping on or through the cracks
physics.plasm-ph
A mathematically and physically sound three-degree-of-freedom dynamical model that emulates low- to high-confinement mode (L--H) transitions is elicited from a singularity theory critique of earlier fragile models. We construct a smooth map of the parameter space that is consistent both with the requirements of singula...
physics
10,286
Novel Mechanism for Single Bubble Sonoluminescence
physics.plasm-ph
Careful re-examination of typical experimental data made it possible to show that the UV continua observed in multi-bubble (MBSL) and single-bubble (SBSL) sonoluminescence spectra have the same physical nature - radiative dissociation of electronically excited hydrogen molecules [and probably hydrides of heavy rare gas...
physics
10,287
Self-trapping of strong electromagnetic beams in relativistic plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
Interaction of an intense electromagnetic (EM) beam with hot relativistic plasma is investigated. It is shown that the thermal pressure brings about a fundamental change in the dynamics - localized, high amplitude, EM field structures, not accessible to a cold (but relativisic) plasma, can now be formed under well- def...
physics
10,288
Experimental investigations of spatial distribution anisotropy of pulsed plasma generator radiation
physics.plasm-ph
Results of experimental investigation of plasma luminous emittance (integrated with respect to time and quartz transmission band spectrum) of a pulsed plasma generator depending on its axis spatial position, are presented. It is shown that the spatial distribution of plasma radiant intensity is of clearly anisotropic c...
physics
10,289
BGK Electron Solitary Waves Reexamined
physics.plasm-ph
This paper reexamines the physical roles of trapped and passing electrons in electron Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) solitary waves, also called the BGK phase space electron holes (EH). It is shown that the charge density variation in the vicinity of the solitary potential is a net balance of the negative charge from t...
physics
10,290
Instability of Shear Waves in an Inhomogeneous Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma
physics.plasm-ph
It is demonstrated that low frequency shear modes in a strongly coupled, inhomogeneous, dusty plasma can grow on account of an instability involving the dynamical charge fluctuations of the dust grains. The instability is driven by the gradient of the equilibrium dust charge density and is associated with the finite ch...
physics
10,291
Axisymmetric equilibria of a gravitating plasma with incompressible flows
physics.plasm-ph
It is found that the ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium of an axisymmetric gravitating magnetically confined plasma with incompressible flows is governed by a second-order elliptic differential equation for the poloidal magnetic flux function containing five flux functions coupled with a Poisson equation for the gra...
physics
10,292
About Lie group of the electron magnetohydrodynamics with effect of electron inertia and finite conducting
physics.plasm-ph
The Lie group of symmetry of the one-dimensional differential equation of electron magnetohydrodynamics with effect of electron inertia and finite conducting is found. It's indicated that this group is group of shift of independent variables and non single-valuety of a potential. Therefore thee no automodel solution ex...
physics
10,293
Two-Surface Wave Decay
physics.plasm-ph
Using an analytical model we discuss the parametric excitation of pairs of electron surface waves (ESW) in the interaction of an ultrashort, intense laser pulse with an overdense plasma which has a step-like density profile. The ESWs can be excited either by the electric or by the magnetic part of the Lorentz force exe...
physics
10,294
Surface Oscillations in Overdense Plasmas Irradiated by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
physics.plasm-ph
The generation of electron surface oscillations in overdense plasmas irradiated at normal incidence by an intense laser pulse is investigated. Two-dimensional (2D) particle-in-cell simulations show a transition from a planar, electrostatic oscillation at $2\omega$, with $\omega$ the laser frequency, to a 2D electromagn...
physics
10,295
Damping of plasma-electron oscillations and waves in low-collision electron-ion plasmas
physics.plasm-ph
Previously developed method for finding asymptotic solutions of Vlasov equations using two-dimensional (in coordinate x and time t) Laplace transform is applied to low-collision electron-ion plasmas. Taking into account Coulomb collisions in the limit m_e << m_i, \bar{v_i} << \bar{v_e}, and T_e m_e << T_i m_i, results ...
physics
10,296
Erosive radially-slotted discharge in sheet current mode
physics.plasm-ph
New non-stationary non-contracted form of the erosive radially-slotted discharge as a thin round sheet with the current of the azimuth direction have been discovered, its existence beings stipulated by a radial transport-wave fluxes. Characteristic features of this discharge is self-confinement of the discharge current...
physics
10,297
Breakdown of adiabatic invariance in spherical tokamaks
physics.plasm-ph
Thermal ions in spherical tokamaks have two adiabatic invariants: the magnetic moment and the longitudinal invariant. For hot ions, variations in magnetic-field strength over a gyro period can become sufficiently large to cause breakdown of the adiabatic invariance. The magnetic moment is more sensitive to perturbation...
physics
10,298
On some generalized stopping power sum rules
physics.plasm-ph
The Lindhard-Winther (LW) equipartition sum rule shows that within the linear response theory, the stopping power of an energetic point-charge projectile in a degenerate electron gas medium, receives equal contributions from single-particle and collective excitations in the medium. In this paper we show that the LW sum...
physics
10,299
Fractional Kinetics for Relaxation and Superdiffusion in Magnetic Field
physics.plasm-ph
We propose fractional Fokker-Planck equation for the kinetic description of relaxation and superdiffusion processes in constant magnetic and random electric fields. We assume that the random electric field acting on a test charged particle is isotropic and possesses non-Gaussian Levy stable statistics. These assumption...
physics