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Head of the Laboratory: Doctor of Science V.M. Astashynski Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics 220072 Minsk Belarus Tel.: +375 17 284 10 65 Fax: +375 17 284 00 30 E-mail: ast@imaph.bas-net.by |
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Head of the Laboratory: Doctor of Science V.M. Astashynski Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics 220072 Minsk Belarus Tel.: +375 17 284 10 65 Fax: +375 17 284 00 30 E-mail: ast@imaph.bas-net.by |
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Of significant interest in terms of high-energy
plasma flow obtaining are plasma accelerators (plasma guns) with inherent
magnetic field wherein plasma is generated and accelerated due to transformation
of electrical energy supplied by an external source, into kinetic energy
of plasma flow. For most interesting applications of plasma accelerators
(plasma injection in different magnetic traps, micro-particle acceleration,
material surface modification, etc.) high plasma parameters with its long
duration are required. Quasi-stationary plasma accelerators of a new generation
correspond to conditions mentioned . The accelerators operate in the ion
current transfer mode and provide ion-drift acceleration of magnetized
plasma. The idea of such accelerating systems was proposed by Professor
A.I.Morozov from Kurchatov's Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Our laboratory is developing and studying different types (gas-discharge and erosive) of quasi-stationary high-current plasma accelerators, in which acceleration of plasma is accompanied by its compression due to interaction between longitudinal components of swept away current and its azimuthal magnetic field. As a result, created at the outlet of the plasma accelerator discharge device is the compression plasma flow with plasma parameters much higher than those in the discharge device. |