Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991p%26ss...39.1325m&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 39, Oct. 1991, p. 1325-1342.
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Earth Ionosphere, Electric Discharges, Ionization, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Spacecraft Charging, Electron Density (Concentration), Magnetic Flux, Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma Composition, Toroidal Plasmas, Volt-Ampere Characteristics
Scientific paper
Solutions are derived for time-dependent 3D nonlinear fluid equations for ions and electrons and for the Poisson equation, for use in studies of high-voltage current characteristics during the initial response of a partially ionized magnetized ionospheric plasma to positive high-voltage spheres. Different neutral densities (10 exp 11/cu cm to 10 exp 14/cu cm), species (Ar, Ba, O, and N2), and magnetic field strengths are considered. The simulations indicate that a rapidly rotating electron density torus tends to form around a high-voltage sphere embedded in magnetized partially ionized plasma. Depending on the applied voltage, neutral gas pressure, and magnetic field, steady toroidal configurations were obtained both with and without ionization, a toroidal discharge, and a spherical discharge. The results agree qualitatively with measurements.
Ma Zh. T.
Schunk Robert W.
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