Pure Electron Plasmas near Thermal Equilibrium
Abstract
Plasmas are the central element in many physical systems, including devices to generate radiation or high tensity beams of particles. Plasma effects are important in modern high current accelerator concepts, especially collective effect accelerators. They are central to the thermonuclear reactor problem, and of course outdoor plasmas dominate the physics of a large portion of the known universe. The physics of these systems can be very complex, and most of the devious ways by which plasmas manage to cross magnetic fields are not yet well understood. The research seeks to obtain tests of plasma theory under the simplest possible circumstances, and when the theory is inadequate, to develop it further. The ultimate motivation of the work has been to improve our understanding for application to a variety of physical systems. The direction for the program has been determined by the apparatus and by the internal logic of the science which we are attempting to expand. Research results: The Electron Containment Apparatus, Transport to Equilibrium; Experiments, Transport to Equilibrium Theory, Anisotropic Temperature Relaxation, Strongly Correlated State and Normal Modes, Fluid Instabilities and Turbulence, Vortex Dynamics, Negative Temperature Equilibria, Ion-Electron Scaling, Plasmas Near the Brillouin Limit, Induced Wave Damping and Transport, Nonlinear and Finite Length Diocotron Modes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA230627
Entities
People
- C.. F. Driscoll
- J. H. Malmberg
- T. M. O'neil
Organizations
- University of California, San Diego