SMALL-SCALE MAGNETIC ISLANDS IN COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS

被引:10
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作者
SMOLYAKOV, AI
HIROSE, A
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
来源
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS B-PLASMA PHYSICS | 1993年 / 5卷 / 03期
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10.1063/1.860510
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The existence of small-scale magnetic islands having a characteristic width of the order of the skin depth is discussed in terms of nonlinear hydrodynamic equations for a nonuniform plasma in a sheared magnetic field. A resultant electron thermal diffusivity has sensitive dependence on the electron temperature gradient, eta(e).
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页码:663 / 665
页数:3
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