Length-Dependent Containment of a Pure Electron-Plasma Column

Abstract

The long-time containment of pure electron-plasma columns has been found to depend strongly on the plasma length $L$, as well as on the axial magnetic field $B$. Plasma evolution times are observed to scale as ${\left(\frac{L}{B}\right)}^{-2\mathrm{}}$ over a range of more than five decades. This transport is probably caused by small azimuthal asymmetries in the applied magnetic or electric fields.