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Plasma losses in a toroidal low-pressure rf discharge have been studied by comparing measured electron temperatures with those predicted by the plasma balance equation. The losses can be attributed to the drift of the partially ionized plasma across the inhomogeneous magnetic field.
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Mah et al. (1968) studied this question.
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