Experimental observation of a tripolar vortex in a plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2211-2216

  Okamoto, A ^a   Hara, K ^a   Nagaoka, K ^b   Yoshimura, S ^b   Vranjes J ^c,e   Kono, M ^d   Tanaka, M Y ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONS; VORTEX FLOW;

TRIPOLAR VORTEX;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0038305757     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1571059     Document Type: Article

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