Precession of an electron-magnetohydrodynamic field-reversed configuration.
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A field-reversed configuration is generated in a large laboratory plasma in the parameter regime of electron magnetohydrodynamics. During its free relaxation, the magnetic moment is observed to precess when tilted from its original axis. The precession velocity is the electron drift velocity in the toroidal current layer. The precession is a manifestation of frozen-in field lines in a moving electron fluid.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 88 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002