DocumentCode
1216855
Title
The Effect of a Magnetic Field on Wake Potential Structures
Author
D´Angelo, N. ; Merlino, R.L.
Volume
14
Issue
5
fYear
1986
Firstpage
609
Lastpage
610
Abstract
Potential profiles in the wake of a body in a plasma flow are presented for several values of a flow-aligned magnetic field. A transition from a potential "well" to a potential "hill" is found when the electron gyroradius becomes smaller than the size of the body transverse to the flow.
Keywords
Earth; Electrons; Ionosphere; Laboratories; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Orbits; Plasma density; Potential well; Space vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.1986.4316604
Filename
4316604
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