Observation of faster-than-diffusion magnetic field penetration into a plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 112-125

  Arad, R ^a   Tsigutkin, K ^a   Maron, Y ^a   Fruchtman, A ^b   Huba, J D ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ZEEMAN SPLITTING;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0037238707     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1527630     Document Type: Article

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