• DocumentCode
    2209847
  • Title

    Spontaneous generation of a magnetic field in a compressing inhomogeneous plasma

  • Author

    Peterkin, R.E., Jr. ; Turchi, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    4-7 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We present analytic and time-dependent numerical models to address the concentration of energy in localized regions of a high density, low conductivity inhomogeneous plasma by the production and dissipation of magnetic energy via the generalized Ohm´s law.
  • Keywords
    current density; magnetic fields; plasma density; plasma theory; plasma transport processes; analytic models; compressing inhomogeneous plasma; energy concentration; generalized Ohm´s law; high density low conductivity inhomogeneous plasma; localized regions; magnetic energy; magnetic field; spontaneous generation; time-dependent numerical models; Conducting materials; Current density; Electrons; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Military computing; Nonuniform electric fields; Plasma density; Plasma materials processing; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science, 2000. ICOPS 2000. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 27th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA, USA
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5982-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.2000.855058
  • Filename
    855058