Topological plasma transport from a diffusion view

Abstract

Recent studies have identified plasma as a topological material. Yet, these researches often depict plasma as a fluid governed by electromagnetic fields, i.e., a classical wave system. Indeed, plasma transport can be characterized by a unique diffusion process distinguished by its collective behaviors. In this work, we adopt a simplified diffusion-migration method to elucidate the topological plasma transport. Drawing parallels to the thermal conduction-convection system, we introduce a double ring model to investigate the plasma density behaviors in the anti-parity-time reversal (APT) unbroken and broken phases. Subsequently, by augmenting the number of rings, we have established a coupled ring chain structure. This structure serves as a medium for realizing the APT symmetric one-dimensional (1D) reciprocal model, representing the simplest tight-binding model with a trivial topology. To develop a model featuring topological properties, we should modify the APT symmetric 1D reciprocal model from the following two aspects: hopping amplitude and onsite potential. From the hopping amplitude, we incorporate the non-reciprocity to facilitate the non-Hermitian skin effect, an intrinsic non-Hermitian topology. Meanwhile, from the onsite potential, the quasiperiodic modulation has been adopted onto the APT symmetric 1D reciprocal model. This APT symmetric 1D Aubry-André-Harper model is of topological nature. Additionally, we suggest the potential applications for these diffusive plasma topological states. This study establishes a diffusion-based approach to realizing topological states in plasma, potentially inspiring further advancements in plasma physics.

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