Why current-carrying magnetic flux tubes gobble up plasma and become thin as a result

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1999-2008

  Bellan, P M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROSTATICS; FERMI LEVEL; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA JETS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC FLUX TUBES;

MAGNETIC FLUX;

EID: 0038295778     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1558275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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