The influence of the hall effect on the current structure in a plasma flow with a spatially periodic magnetic field

The structure of the electric fields and current is studied for stationary plasma flow in an axially symmetric, spatially periodic magnetic field. The problem is solved in the magnetohydrodynamic approximation with allowance for the Hall term in the generalized Ohm's law equation. It is assumed that the magnetic Reynolds number and the interaction parameter are small.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 11–16, September–October, 1972.The author thanks N. A. Khizhnyak and A. A. Kalmykov for useful discussions.