Dynamic Interactions of Plasmas and Fields (Physics)
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A three and a half year research program will continue the              investigation of the interaction of plasmas with moving magnetic                and electron fields.  The resulting nonlinear plasma dynamics is                of general interest in basic plasma physics and has many relevant               applications in fusion and space research.  Experiments will be                 performed in large laboratory plasmas which have extensive                      diagnostics and data processing capabilities.  For example,                     volume measurements of magnetic fields, space charge fields,                    particle distribution functions, and wave phenomena have been                   performed.  The proposed investigations include (i) Formation of                new magnetic whistler shocks when the relative motion between                   plasmas and fields exceeds the whistler wave speed.  Such                       processes arise when the ions remain effectively unmagnetized and               shocks form at super-"whistleric" rather than super--"Alfvenic"                 speeds.  (ii) The generation of magnetic fields due to plasma                   motion will be investigated (dynamo process).  (iii) The                        mechanism of current and space charge neutralization of particle                beams injected into plasmas will be studied.  (iv) The stability                of various current configurations with respect to tearing,                      coalescence, tilting, kinking, pinching and disruptions will be                 explored.
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{'Code': '124200', 'Text': 'PLASMA PHYSICS'}
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