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Structure of the boundary layer between a rarefied plasma and a magnetic field

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The stationary problem of the structure of the plane boundary layer between a magnetic field and a collisionless plasma is solved. A method is proposed for numerically solving a system of nonlinear equations for a selfconsistent electromagnetic field. This method makes it possible to obtain, for a broad class of plasma particle distribution functions, a complete spatial picture of the boundary layer without the assumption of electrical neutrality. Results of specific calculations for normal and oblique incidence of a plasma on a “magnetic wall” are discussed. The entire study is carried out in relativistic-invariant form.

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    Yu. S. Sigov

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Paper read at the Fourth Riga Conference on magnetohydrodynamics, 22–27 July 1964.

The author is grateful to E. S. Kuznetsov for his interest in the article and to M. G. Kuz'min, V. S. Imshennik and M. V. Maslennikov for valuable discussion.

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Sigov, Y.S. Structure of the boundary layer between a rarefied plasma and a magnetic field. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 6, 12–18 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00915604

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