Magnetospheric Vortex Formation: Self-Organized Confinement of Charged Particles

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Jun 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010phrvl.104w5004y&link_type=abstract

Physical Review Letters, vol. 104, Issue 23, id. 235004

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Nonneutral Plasmas, Plasma Vorticity, Laboratory Studies Of Space- And Astrophysical-Plasma Processes

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A magnetospheric configuration gives rise to various peculiar plasma phenomena that pose conundrums to astrophysical studies; at the same time, innovative technologies may draw on the rich physics of magnetospheric plasmas. We have created a “laboratory magnetosphere” with a levitating superconducting ring magnet. Here we show that charged particles (electrons) self-organize a stable vortex, in which particles diffuse inward to steepen the density gradient. The rotating electron cloud is sustained for more than 300 s. Because of its simple geometry and self-organization, this system will have wide applications in confining single- and multispecies charged particles.

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