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... The existence of these thermal equilibrium states in confined, single-component plasmas distinguishes them from neutral plasmas. A magnetically confined neutral plasma does not remain in a state of spatially isolated, local thermal equilibrium, because collisions between the electrons and ions lead to a diffusive expansion of the plasma across magnetic field lines.
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  • magnetic field
  • laboratory experiments
  • thermal equilibrium
  • nonneutral plasma
  • pure electron

  • field lines
  • neutral plasmas
  • neutral plasma
  • electron plasmas
  • electrically neutral

  • electron plasma


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