Experimental observation of the trapped particle pinch effect.
The trapped particle pinch effect (Ware's drift) has been observed in a non-neutral plasma of electrons in a modified Malmberg-Penning trap in which electrons are contained in the annular volume between concentric cylinders. A pulsed azimuthal electric field is applied by increasing the flux within a solenoid on the axis. Radial displacements of the electrons are observed which show that they remain on a surface enclosing constant axial flux. These displacements are independent of the azimuthal field and thus are consistent with Ware's drift and inconsistent with the guiding center drift alone.
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Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
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Triplett
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