Title :
Mass Scaling of Permanent Magnet Line Cusp Plasma Leaks
Author :
Christensen, Thomas ; Hershkowitz, Noah ; Leung, K.N.
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics and Astronomy the University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242
fDate :
3/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Plasma leaks to permanent magnetic produced "full line cusps" are shown to depend on ion mass as (mj¿). This result is consistent with hybrid gyroradius (i.e., geometric mean of ion and electron gyroradii) leaks but not with ion gyroradius leaks.
Keywords :
Electrons; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic flux; Permanent magnets; Plasma confinement; Plasma devices; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1977.4316999
