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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Investigation of dense plasma under a strong electric field
Abstract
dc:descriptionA hydrogen plasma of density ~ 1016 cm-3 and electron temperature ~ 200 eV has been investigated under electric fields of 100 to 500 V/cm. A pinch of pinch ratio ~ 3 was found to be hydrodynamically stable for ~ 2~s during which the experiment was performed. A sharp burst of runaway electrons of total current of the order of amperes occured and disappeared shortly after conduction began. Large low frequency oscillations believed to be ion-acoustic oscillations appear and give rise to very high resistivities in qualitative agreement with recent,theories on plasma conductivity.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Physics
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Mendel, Clifford William
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Raether, M.J.
Subjects
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dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- 1966 Clifford William Mendel
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 6120998
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/25055