Self-Similar Nonlinear Dynamical Solutions for One-Component Nonneutral Plasma in a Time-Dependent Linear Focusing Field
Authors: Hong Qin and Ronald C. Davidson
Abstract:
In a linear trap confining a one-component nonneutral plasma, the external focusing force is
a linear function of the configuration coordinates and/or the velocity coordinates. Linear traps
include the classical Paul trap and the Penning trap, as well as the newly proposed rotating-radio-
frequency traps and the Mobius accelerator. This paper describes a class of self-similar
nonlinear solutions of nonneutral plasma in general time-dependent linear focusing devices, with
self-consistent electrostatic field. This class of nonlinear solutions includes many known solutions
as special cases.
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Submitted to: Physics of Plasmas (April 2011)
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