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The anomalous skin effect in cylindrical plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

H. A. Blevin
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia
J. M. Greene
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia
D. L. Jolly
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia
R. G. Storer
Affiliation:
School of Physical Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia

Abstract

A theoretical analysis of the anomalous skin effect in cylindrical plasma is carried out for a model where the radial electron-density distribution is of Gaussian form. It is shown that there are major qualitative differences between the results for cylindrical and those for plane geometry. Calculations of the electromagnetic field distribution over the plasma cross-section show that the present theory is in satisfactory agreement with experiment.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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