Confinement of Plasma along Shaped Open Magnetic Fields from the Centrifugal Force of Supersonic Plasma Rotation
| dc.contributor.author | Teodorescu, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Young, W. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Swan, G. W. S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ellis, R. F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hassam, A. B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Romero-Talamás, Carlos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-24T10:54:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-24T10:54:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-08-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Interferometric density measurements in plasmas rotating in shaped, open magnetic fields demonstrate strong confinement of plasma parallel to the magnetic field, with density drops of more than a factor of 10. Taken together with spectroscopic measurements of supersonic E × B rotation of sonic Mach 2, these measurements are in agreement with ideal MHD theory which predicts large parallel pressure drops balanced by centrifugal forces in supersonically rotating plasmas. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.085003 | |
| dc.format.extent | 4 pages | |
| dc.genre | journal articles | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Teodorescu, C., W. C. Young, G. W. S. Swan, R. F. Ellis, A. B. Hassam, and C. A. Romero-Talamas. “Confinement of Plasma along Shaped Open Magnetic Fields from the Centrifugal Force of Supersonic Plasma Rotation.” Physical Review Letters 105, no. 8 (August 17, 2010): 085003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.085003. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.085003 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/31459 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | APS | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Mechanical Engineering Department Collection | |
| dc.rights | © 2010 The American Physical Society | |
| dc.title | Confinement of Plasma along Shaped Open Magnetic Fields from the Centrifugal Force of Supersonic Plasma Rotation | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-3126 |