Author:
Jephcott D. F.,Stocker P. M.
Abstract
In a previous paper (Woods 1962) a theory is presented which leads to a general dispersion relation for hydromagnetic waves in a dissipative plasma contained in a cylindrical tube. In the present paper experimental observations are compared with the predictions of this theory.An experiment is described in which torsional hydromagnetic waves are excited in a gas discharge. Measurements of the wave velocity and damping are compared with solutions of the dispersion equation which are computed from measured values of the plasma parameters. The results are consistent with the theory, and good numerical agreement is obtained by assuming a loss of particles to the tube walls. There is evidence of a cut-off in wave propagation in the region of ion cyclotron resonance.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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