Magnetically Induced Plasma Rotation
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The extensively studied and controversial question about the origin of the observed fast rotation for magnetically confined plasmas, in particular theta pinches, is briefly reviewed. It is shown that standard MHD equations predict the experimentally observed rotation. The effect is interpreted as a form of the Einstein-de Haas effect. The generally accepted continuum plasma reasoning which denies any appreciable electromagnetic angular momentum transfer to an azimuthally symmetric plasma volume is shown to be too simplified.
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