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Test-Ion Diffusion in a Magnetized Plasma

Ambrogio Fasoli, Minh Quang Tran
1992
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Cross-field transport of barium test ions is studied in a Q-machine plasma. Test particles are produced and tracked in their motion by an optical tagging method. The comparison between the measured tag signal and a simple theoretical simulation yields a quantitative evaluation of the ion diffusivity. Diffusion is supported by classical mechanisms. The injection of different noble buffer gases modifies the plasma parameters in such a way that the diffusion remains classical but its magnitude is considerably reduced.

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Ambrogio Fasoli, Minh Quang Tran
1992
Journal Articles

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/360a8a8d-395d-4747-b756-2ee979f437b9

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