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Magnetic and temperature effects on the energy loss rate of test ions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. H. A. Hassan  and
P. H. Sakanaka
M. H. A. Hassan
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Liverpool
P. H. Sakanaka
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Abstract

The energy loss rate, Ė, of test ions injected with velocity V into a Maxwellian electron-ion plasma in the presence of an external magnetic field, is studied. Most of the integrals appearing in the expression for Ė are evaluated analytically and the remaining integrals are evaluated numerically for various values of the parameters η = Ωe / ωe, x = V/ve, r = Te/Ti, and the angle of injection θ. It is shown that the effect of the magnetic field is rather small except for η > 1, the temperature ratio is important for small x (x ≤ 0·2), and the injection angle is not important.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 131 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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