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On a Self-Confined Thermal Equilibrium of a Radiating Plasma

Philip Rosenau

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The thermal equilibrium of a plasma which is self-localized (i.e., without an external support) is constructed. It may be stable only if radiation or thermal sources in addition to being temperature dependent, are also explicitly spatially inhomogeneous. Such a situation may be realized, for instance, in the case of a spatially localized source (say that of α-particles) and enhanced radiation at the plasma edge due to wall-plasma interaction.

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The thermal equilibrium of a plasma which is self-localized (i.e., without an external support) is constructed. It may be stable only if radiation or thermal sources in addition to being temperature dependent, are also explicitly spatially inhomogeneous. Such a situation may be realized, for instance, in the case of a spatially localized source (say that of α-particles) and enhanced radiation at the plasma edge due to wall-plasma interaction.

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The thermal equilibrium of a plasma which is self-localized (i.e., without an external support) is constructed. It may be stable only if radiation or thermal sources in addition to being temperature dependent, are also explicitly spatially inhomogeneous. Such a situation may be realized, for instance, in the case of a spatially localized source (say that of α-particles) and enhanced radiation at the plasma edge due to wall-plasma interaction.

Key concepts: Plasma, Thermal, Radiation, Thermal equilibrium, Thermal radiation, Physics, Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, Thermodynamic equilibrium

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