Double Beltrami states and loss of equilibrium in electron, positron and ion plasmas

2019/06/01 by S. M. Gondal, M. Iqbal, Shafa Ullah +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Magnetic confinement fusion research #High-pressure geophysics and materials

paper · doi:10.1017/s0022377819000436

Abstract

It is shown that an electron, positron and ion plasma can be self-organized to a double Beltrami state – the superposition of two force-free states. The scale parameters which determine the nature of the self-organized structures are found to depend on the number densities of the plasma species. The loss of equilibrium in slowly evolving double Beltrmi states is investigated. The effects of density ratios, helicities, positron flows and energy on equilibrium are investigated. It is found that the double Beltrami state transforms to a single Beltrami state at the termination of equilibrium. It is also shown that much of the magnetic energy converts to the flow kinetic energy through catastrophic transformation.

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