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dc.contributor.authorPatacchini, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, Ian Horner
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-05T16:02:41Z
dc.date.available2010-02-05T16:02:41Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.date.submitted2009-06
dc.identifier.issn1550-2376
dc.identifier.issn1539-3755
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51373
dc.description.abstractThe kinetic equation governing a strongly magnetized transverse plasma flow past a convex ion-collecting object is solved numerically for arbitrary ion to electron temperature ratio τ. The approximation of isothermal ions adopted in a recent fluid treatment of the same plasma model [I. H. Hutchinson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 035004 (2008)] is shown to have no more than a small quantitative effect on the solution. In particular, the ion flux density to an elementary portion of the object still only depends on the local surface orientation. We rigorously show that the solution can be condensed in a single “calibration factor” Mc, function of τ only, enabling Mach probe measurements of parallel and perpendicular flows by probing flux ratios at two different angles in the plane of flow and magnetic field.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation / Department of Energyen
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.036403en
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en
dc.sourceAPSen
dc.titleKinetic solution to the Mach probe problem in transversely flowing strongly magnetized plasmasen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.citationPatacchini, Leonardo , and Ian H. Hutchinson. “Kinetic solution to the Mach probe problem in transversely flowing strongly magnetized plasmas.” Physical Review E 80.3 (2009): 036403. (C) 2010 The American Physical Society.en
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Centeren_US
dc.contributor.approverHutchinson, Ian H.
dc.contributor.mitauthorPatacchini, Leonardo
dc.contributor.mitauthorHutchinson, Ian H.
dc.relation.journalPhysical Review Een
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden
eprint.grantNumberDEFG02- 06ER54891en
dspace.orderedauthorsPatacchini, Leonardo; Hutchinson, Ianen
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen
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