@article{3816,
  author = {M. Mlodik and E. Kolmes and I. Ochs and T. Rubin and N. Fisch},
  title = {Partial-Ionization Deconfinement Effect in Magnetized Plasma},
  abstract = {In partially ionized plasma, where ions can be in different ionization states, each charge state can be described as a different fluid for the purpose of multi-ion collisional transport. In the case of two charge states, transport pushes plasma toward equilibrium, which is found to be a combination of local charge-state equilibrium and generalized pinch relations between ion fluids representing different charge states. Combined, these conditions lead to a dramatic deconfinement of ions. This deconfinement happens on the timescale similar but not identical to the multi-ion cross-field transport timescale, as opposed to electron{\textendash}ion transport timescale in fully ionized plasma. Deconfinement occurs because local charge-state equilibration enforces the disparity in diamagnetic drift velocities of ion fluid components, which in turn leads to the cross-field transport due to ion{\textendash}ion friction.},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
  volume = {29},
  number = {11},
  pages = {112111},
  month = {nov},
  issn = {1070-664X, 1089-7674},
  doi = {10.1063/5.0114967},
}