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The effect of viscosity on the evolution of an axisymmetric plasma column in a longitudinal magnetic field is considered. It is found that, under the action of viscosity, the plasma density profile tends to become Gaussian.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Timofeev, A.Yu. Kuyanov, 2010, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 991–996.
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Timofeev, A.V., Kuyanov, A.Y. Effect of viscosity on the plasma decay in a magnetic field. Plasma Phys. Rep. 36, 931–936 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X10110024
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