Plasma Convection in a Toroidal Octupole
- 30 March 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 24 (13) , 721-724
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.24.721
Abstract
Spatial variations of floating potential and density are reported for a toroidal octupole. Large scale convective structures are observed. A definite correlation is observed between known magnetic perturbations and the density-potential structures, as well as between these structures and the azimuthal variations in plasma loss.Keywords
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