Keywords
thermal equilibrium, warm clouds, small aspect ratio, non-neutral plasmas, axial density profile, radial density profile, Penning trap fields
Abstract
Global thermal equilibrium computations are presented for non-neutral plasmas whose radial size is much larger than their axial thickness. Axial and radial density profiles are computed for both ideal and nonideal Penning trap fields. Simple results are obtained in the limits of both low and high central density. Comparison is made to the grid calculations of Mason et al. [Phys. Plasmas 3 (5), 1502 (1996)].
Original Publication Citation
Paulson, Deborah L. and Ross L. Spencer."Thermal equilibrium of warm clouds of charge with small aspect ratio." Physics of Plasmas 5 (1998): 345-356.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Paulson, Deborah L. and Spencer, Ross L., "Thermal equilibrium of warm clouds of charge with small aspect ratio" (1998). Faculty Publications. 652.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/652
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1998-02-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/1390
Publisher
AIP
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Copyright Status
© 1998 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in The Journal of Chemical Physics and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/5/345/1
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