Laboratory investigation of plasma jet interaction with transverse magnetic field

被引:12
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作者
Sobyanin, DB [1 ]
Gavrilov, BG [1 ]
Podgorny, IM [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Geospheres Dynam, Moscow 117979, Russia
来源
DUSTY PLASMAS AND ACTIVE EXPERIMENTS | 2002年 / 29卷 / 09期
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10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00190-4
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
Laboratory experiments are carried out to investigate the evolution of a plasma Jet injected transverse to the magnetic field. Special conditions are created for field-aligned current closure. The velocity of the jet is about 25 km/sec. The plasma density is equal to 10(14)-10(15) cm(-3). Two stages of the plasma jet propagation are observed. In the first stage the magnetic field expulsion is detected. At the second stage deceleration and deflection of the plasma jet due to field-aligned currents are investigated. The influence of the conductivity of an artificial ionosphere on the plasma jet dynamics is shown. Equations describing plasma jet propagation under conditions of effective field-aligned current closure are obtained. The role of the Hall current for the plasma jet dynamics is discussed. (C) 2002 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1345 / 1349
页数:5
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