Information-Theoretic Determination of Ponderomotive Forces

Information-Theoretic Determination of Ponderomotive Forces

Abstract From the equilibrium condition δS = 0 applied to an isolated thermodynamic system of electrically charged particles and the fundamental equation of thermodynamics (dU = TdS − (f · dr)) subject to a new procedure, it is obtained the Lorentz’s force together with non-inertial terms of mechanical nature. Other well known ponderomotive forces, like the Stern-Gerlach’s force and a force ter...

Spacecraft Propulsion Utilizing Ponderomotive Forces

A new spacecraft propulsion scheme is proposed which leverages advances in high-energy particle acceleration via laser-plasma interactions. Ponderomotive forces associated with laser wake-fields have demonstrated the potential to accelerate electrons to near-relativistic energies. Different schemes are investigated which may generate efficient propulsion systems for deep-space and manned space ...

Electromagnetic Ponderomotive Forces within Material Bodies.

Thermophoretic and ponderomotive forces in a linear cluster of particles.

We investigate amplification of thermophoretic and ponderomotive forces caused by renormalization of static fields in linear clusters of particles with scale separation. We found analytically the dependence of the forces acting on the particles in a cluster as a function of the number of particles in a cluster and material characteristics of the particles and the surrounding fluid. We analytica...

EHD ponderomotive forces and aerodynamic flow control using plasma actuators

We present a self-consistent two-dimensional fluid model of the temporal and spatial development of the One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma (OAUGDP). Continuity equations for electrically charged species N+2 , N + 4 , O + 2 , O − 2 and electrons are solved coupled to the Poisson equation, subject to appropriate boundary conditions. It was used an algorithm proposed by Patankar. The tra...