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Acceleration of a Plasma by Time-Varying Magnetic Fields (open access)

Acceleration of a Plasma by Time-Varying Magnetic Fields

Abstract: An application of the magnetic mirror principle to the acceleration of a plasma is described. It is shown that an axially symmetric magnetic field which increases with time but decreases with distance along the axis can impart a net translational energy to a plasma. This effect on a plasma is contrasted with that arising from an impressed electric field, which is not effective in producing acceleration.
Date: December 6, 1954
Creator: Post, Richard F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monthly Progress Report No. 131 (open access)

Monthly Progress Report No. 131

The following report is a general monthly progress report for the University of California's radiation laboratory in Berkeley, covering the period of February 15 to March 15 of 1954.
Date: April 6, 1954
Creator: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library