Physics of Plasma Confined by a Dipole Magnetic Field

提出了一种新的和创新的实验研究， 在受控实验室中研究无碰撞等离子体过程 配置. 偶极磁场中的等离子体模拟了 地球的磁层 诊断的进展 方法（非侵入性）使可靠的测量成为可能， 温度和密度的径向分布。 这些是 与旧的特里拉式实验相比有了重大改进。 实验观察结果将与理论研究 工作 非线性波相互作用，热俘获粒子 不稳定性，交换不稳定性理论上 研究了 理论和实验的结果应该是先进的 了解基础物理学和磁层等离子体 流程.

A new and innovative experimental research is proposed to study collisionless plasma processes in the controlled laboratory configuration. The plasma in a dipole magnetic field simulates the earth's magnetosphere. The advances in the diagnostic methods (non-intrusive) make possible reliable measurements of radial profiles of temperature and density. These are significant improvements over the old terrela-type experiments. The experimental observations are to be studied with theoretical work. Nonlinear wave interactions, hot trapped particle instability, interchange instability will theoretically be studied. The results from theory and experiment should advance understanding of basic physics and magnetospheric plasma processes.