Test particle transport due to long range interactions

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作者
Anderegg, F [1 ]
Huang, XP [1 ]
Driscoll, CF [1 ]
Hollmann, EM [1 ]
ONeil, TM [1 ]
Dubin, DHE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT PHYS,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2128
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Enhanced cross-field transport of test particles is observed in a quiescent, steady-state pure ion plasma. The measured particle diffusion is about ten times faster than predicted by classical collisional theory over a wide range of densities, temperatures, and magnetic fields, whereas the measured velocity-space isotropization agrees closely with collisional theory. This enhanced diffusion scales essentially as B-2 and is probably due to long-range ''E x B drift'' collisions, with interaction distances rho in the range r(c) < rho < lambda(D).
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