“…We now present some results from a device called BETA [4] which are consistent with this theoretical study. For typical BETA parameters of the argon plasma R 45 cm, a 15 cm, plasma radius r 10 cm, T e ϳ 5 eV, T i ϳ 0.2 eV, B 200 G, plasma density N ϳ 5 3 10 10 cm 23 , neutral density N n ϳ 1.5 3 10 13 cm 23 , k u ϳ 0.3 cm 21 , and equilibrium scale lengths of density, potential, and mean rms fluctuation level areϳ15 cm, we get c s ϳ 3.5 3 10 5 cm͞s, a s ϳ 7 cm, n in ϳ 10 4 s 21 , and ew c ͞T e ഠ 55%.…”