Accession Number:

ADA061028

Title:

Astron Type Equilibrium in the Absence of an Applied Magnetic Field.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Kapetanakos,C. A.

Report Date:

1978-11-14

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

It is shown that the Vlasov-Maxwell equations predict the existence of rotating layer equilibria rigid rotor in the absence of an external magnetic field, provided that the density of the layer exceeds a critical density. Author

Descriptors:

• *PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• *CONFINEMENT(GENERAL)
• EQUILIBRIUM(GENERAL)
• MAXWELLS EQUATIONS
• ROTATION
• ION DENSITY

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE