1203.5680 (Z. Yoshida et al.)

Thermo-magneto coupling in a dipole plasma    [PDF]

Z. Yoshida, Y. Yano, J. Morikawa, H. Saitoh

On a dipole plasma, we observe the generation of magnetic moment, as the movement of the levitating magnet-plasma compound, in response to electron-cyclotron heating and the increase of $\beta$ (magnetically-confined thermal energy). We formulate a thermodynamic model with interpreting heating as injection of microscopic magnetic moment; the corresponding chemical potential is the ambient magnetic field.

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