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Ion heating due to rotation and collision in magnetized plasma
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Ion heating due to rotation and collision in magnetized plasma

F Anderegg, R. A Stern, F Skiff, B. A Hammel, M. Q Tran, P. J Paris and P Kohler
Physical review letters, Vol.57(3), pp.329-332
07/21/1986
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.329
PMID: 10034032
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Abstract

The E×B rotation and associated collisional ion heating of noble-gas magnetized plasmas are investigated with high resolution by means of laser-induced fluorescence and electrical probes. Plasma rotation results from a radial potential gradient which can be controlled by biasing of the discharge electrodes. The time and space evolution of the potential, the rotation velocity v, and the ion perpendicular temperature indicate that heating is due to the randomization of v by ionneutral collisions, and leads to temperature increases as high as a factor fo 50 over initial values. © 1986 The American Physical Society.
Physics Exact sciences and technology Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges Physics of plasmas and electric discharges Plasma properties

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