Observation of momentum confinement time scalings in a rotating plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Messer, S ^a   Ellis, R ^a   Case, A ^a   Gupta, D ^a   Hassam, A ^a   Lunsford, R ^a   Teodorescu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE EXCHANGE COLLISION; MARYLAND CENTRIFUGAL EXPERIMENT (MCX); MOMENTUM CONFINEMENT; SUPERSONIC ROTATION;

DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 24144451139     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1931981     Document Type: Article

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