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Anomalous skin effect for a plasma column in a magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. G. Storer
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia
C. Meaney
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia

Abstract

The influence of a steady axial magnetic field on the anomalous penetration of low frequency electromagnetic fields into a cylindrical plasma column is investigated by considering a plasma with a Gaussian electron density distribution. For this model, a complete solution is obtained for Boltzmann's equation coupled to Maxwell's equations, and the fields calculated exactly. The results show dramatic changes of the internal fields for small changes of the applied magnetic field when the average Lamour radius of the electrons is of the order of the plasma radius.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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