Structure and local parameters of self-compressed plasma streams in external magnetic field
Volkova Yuliia,
Solyakov Dmytro,
Marchenko Anna,
Chebotarev Volodymyr,
Garkusha Igor,
Makhlai Vadym,
Ladygina Maryna,
Merenkova Tetyana,
Yeliseyev Dmytro,
Petrov Yurii,
Staltsov Valerii
Affiliations
Volkova Yuliia
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Solyakov Dmytro
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Marchenko Anna
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine and Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Hery 23 St., 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
Chebotarev Volodymyr
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Garkusha Igor
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Makhlai Vadym
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Ladygina Maryna
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine and Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Hery 23 St., 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
Merenkova Tetyana
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Yeliseyev Dmytro
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Petrov Yurii
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Staltsov Valerii
Institute of Plasma Physics National Science Center, “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The influence of the external axial magnetic field on pinching plasma flows generated by a magnetoplasma compressor (MPC) has been studied using magnetic and electric probes. In the presence of an external magnetic field, temperature measurements show two groups of electrons with different temperatures near the plasma stream core. The external magnetic field leads to a noticeable increase in the electric current in the plasma stream, electron temperature, and the formation of the current-sheet-like structure observed in the MPC for the first time.
