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Plasma Investigations
2004. V. 42. № 6. P. 851–857
Alekhin B.V., Dubinov A.E., Zhdanov V.S., Kornilov V.G., Mikheev K.E., Selemir V.D., Stepanov N.V., Chelpanov V.I., Shamro O.A.
Producing a compact long-lived plasma formation
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A method of producing compact long-lived plasma formations (plasmoids) is described. The method is based on the effect of capture of a high-current relativistic electron beam under conditions of significant overcompensation of space charge of the beam by positive background ions. Requirements are formulated which are placed on the parameters of a plasma-beam system for the realization of this method, and numerical estimates are given of the overall electric charge and energy content of the electron component of a plasmoid. The dynamics of forming a plasmoid are investigated experimentally.
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Alekhin B.V., Dubinov A.E., Zhdanov V.S., Kornilov V.G., Mikheev K.E., Selemir V.D., Stepanov N.V., Chelpanov V.I., Shamro O.A. Producing a compact long-lived plasma formation, High Temp., 2004. V. 42. № 6. P. 851