EQUILIBRIUM CHARACTERISTICS IN A NONNEUTRAL PLASMA

Authors
BHATTACHARYYA SN
Citation
Sn. Bhattacharyya, EQUILIBRIUM CHARACTERISTICS IN A NONNEUTRAL PLASMA, Physics of plasmas, 2(10), 1995, pp. 3920-3922
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
2
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
3920 - 3922
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1995)2:10<3920:ECIANP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The system of equations governing the axisymmetric toroidal equilibriu m of a non-neutral plasma is shown to become hyperbolic when the poloi dal velocity of the plasma exceeds a sound speed. (C) 1995 American In stitute of Physics.