COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF VORTICES IN A CYLINDRICAL MAGNETIZED PLASMA

Authors
YABUKI K KONO M
Citation
K. Yabuki et M. Kono, COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR OF VORTICES IN A CYLINDRICAL MAGNETIZED PLASMA, Physics of fluids. B, Plasma physics, 5(8), 1993, pp. 3103-3105
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of fluids. B, Plasma physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
08998221
Volume
5
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3103 - 3105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-8221(1993)5:8<3103:CBOVIA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The modulated vortex model introduced by Zabusky and McWilliams [Phys. Fluids 25, 2175 (1982)] is applied to a cylindrical plasma to study d ynamical behavior of a many-vortex system. Anticyclones are shown to b e long lived while cyclones are dissolved into the core and outer dres ses which are left behind the core. This observation is in good agreem ent with the experimental results by Antipov et al. [Sov. J. Plasma Ph ys. 14, 648 (1988)].