Chaotic scattering and self-organization in spheromak sustainment

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4538-4541

  Finn, John M ^a   Sovinec, Carl R ^a   Del Castillo Negrete, Diego ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

CHAOTIC SCATTERING; ELECTROSTATIC HELICITY INJECTION;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0034319839     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4538     Document Type: Article

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