Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
NPG
Articles | Volume 10, issue 1/2
Articles | Volume 10, issue 1/2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-10-139-2003
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 1/2
30 Apr 2003
 | 30 Apr 2003

Non-equilibrium quasi-stationary states in a magnetized plasma

K. Rypdal, J.-V. Paulsen, O. E. Garcia, S. V. Ratynskaia, and V. I. Demidov

Abstract. Non-equilibrium quasi-stationary states resulting from curvature driven interchange instabilities and drift-wave instabilities in a low beta, weakly ionized, magnetized plasma are investigated in the context of laboratory experiments in a toroidal configuration. Analytic modelling, numerical simulations and experimental results are discussed with emphasis on identifying the unstable modes and understanding the physics of anomalous particle and energy fluxes and their linkage to self-organized pressure profiles.

How to cite. Rypdal, K., Paulsen, J.-V., Garcia, O. E., Ratynskaia, S. V., and Demidov, V. I.: Non-equilibrium quasi-stationary states in a magnetized plasma, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 10, 139–149, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-10-139-2003, 2003.