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PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
卷 61, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab45d4
关键词
stopping power; strong magnetization; linear response theory
资金
- US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences [DE-SC0016159]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0016159] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
The force on a test charge moving through a strongly magnetized plasma is calculated using linear response theory. Strong magnetization is found to generate a component of the force perpendicular to the velocity of the particle in the plane formed by the velocity and magnetic field vectors. This transverse force is generated by an asymmetry with respect to the velocity vector in the induced electrostatic wake potential that is associated with the action of the Lorentz force on the background plasma. The direction depends on the speed of the test charge. If it is faster than a critical speed characteristic of the sound speed, it acts to reduce the component of velocity parallel to the magnetic field and to increase the gyroradius. In contrast, if the speed is below this critical speed, it acts to increase the velocity parallel to the magnetic field and to decrease the gyroradius. Because the transverse force is perpendicular to the velocity, it does not directly influence the total energy of the test charge. Nevertheless, it significantly alters the trajectory on a timescale associated with the Coulomb collision time.
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