Transport Studies in Reversed Field Theta Pinches.

Abstract

This paper examines anomalous transport in a reversed field theta pinch. The principal effects are anomalous resistivity and rotation generation. Similarity solutions for the resistive decay are found which agree qualitatively with experiment. Also it is shown that the spin up and anomalous resistivity may be the effect of a single underlying cause, a current driven microinstability. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 25, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089855

Entities

People

  • John M. Finn
  • Wallace M. Manheimer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Boundaries
  • Centrifugal Force
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Diffusion
  • Eigenvalues
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Phase Velocity
  • Time Dependence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics