Current density profiles in a compact dipole plasma

This article presents current density profiles due to Lorentz and hydrodynamic forces in the presence of spatially varying plasma parameters, electrostatic field (E0→), microwave electric (E1→̃) obtained from experiments a confined by dipole magnet driven at steady state. The E0→ (or E1→̃) pressure tensor P0¯ P1¯) were determined obtain total J0→ J1→̃) various spatial locations employing electrical conductivity S¯DC S¯AC) as previous work [Nanda et al., Phys. Plasmas 29, 062105 (2022)]. results show that DC force dominates over those force, converse is observed case AC density. Furthermore, flow regulated bounce motion (along r̂ θ̂) grad-curvature drift ϕ̂), whereas E→×B→ controls along three directions, where r̂, θ̂, ϕ̂ represent unit vectors spherical polar co-ordinates. dominance θ̂ directs particles azimuthal direction J→×B→ force. prevents loss radial thus helping overall confinement. reveals interesting features profiles, guided motion, magnetic drifts, anisotropic tensor, which would be beneficial for understanding laboratory space plasmas.