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Currents between tethered electrodes in a magnetized laboratory plasmaThis paper describes the experimental setup and measurement techniques used to investigate currents between tethered electodes in a magnetized laboratory plasma. Experimental results include information on current propagation, the formation of wave wings, the limits of current collection, nonlinear effects and instabilities, charging phenomena, and the characteristics of transmission lines in plasma. The results were found to support certain predictions on tethers in space (e.g., the MHD far zone or the motional emf) while contradicting others (e.g., distant current closure), and revealed such new phenomena as current disruptions, current-neutralized beams, and wing spread.
Document ID
19900047728
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Stenzel, R. L.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Urrutia, J. M.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Plasma Physics
Accession Number
90A34783
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1570
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-87-02793
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-87-13829
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Public
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