Non-neutral plasma equilibria, trapping, separatrices, and separatrix crossing in magnetic mirrors

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 1209-1214

  Fajans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MIRRORS; PLASMA DENSITY;

NON-NEUTRAL PLASMAS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0038413967     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1564820     Document Type: Article

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