Observation of collisionless thermalization of a plasmoid with a field-reversed configuration in a magnetic mirror

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4262-4270

  Himura, H ^a,c   Ueoka, S ^b   Hase, M ^b   Yoshida, R ^b   Okada, S ^b   Goto, S ^b  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0011586296     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873162     Document Type: Article

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