Field Penetration into a Plasma with Current Saturating Conductivity
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Vol. 4 (4) , 255-256
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.1976.4316977
Abstract
The problem of electric field penetration into a plasma is investigated employing a nonlinear current saturating conductivity. The case of step electric field applied at the boundary of semi-infinite plasma is studied. It is observed that the skin penetration depth is much larger than the one predicted by the linear theory and is comparable with the rapid field penetration reported in some turbulent heating experiments.Keywords
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