1981•Sov. J. Plasma Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)Requires access
Plasma rotation caused by neutral injection
S.V. Putvinskii
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Abstract
The rotation of an axisymmetric plasma caused by tangential neutral injection across a magnetic field is studied. In an adiabatic confinement system in which the magnetic lines of force terminate at a conducting end plate the plasma remains at rest, and the angular momentum introduced into the plasma by the neutral beam is transferred to the conducting end. When the magnetic lines of force are closed, as they are in field-reversed configurations, for example, the plasma rotation velocity is equal to the velocity of the neutral atoms of the beam.