Particle-in-cell simulations of fast magnetic field penetration into plasmas due to the Hall electric field

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3556-3563

  Swanekamp, S B ^a,b   Grossmann, J M ^a   Fruchtman, A ^a,c,d   Oliver, B V ^a   Ottinger, P F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HALL EFFECT; IONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMAS; VORTEX FLOW;

ELECTRON MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATIONS; PLASMA OPENING SWITCH;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0030258721     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.871946     Document Type: Article

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