Izotov I V, Razin S V, Sidorov A V, Skalyga V A, Zorin V G, Bagryansky P A, Beklemishev A D, Prikhodko V V
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russia.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2012 Feb;83(2):02A318. doi: 10.1063/1.3666187.
Influence of shear flows of the dense plasma created under conditions of the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) gas breakdown on the plasma confinement in the axisymmetric mirror trap ("vortex" confinement) was studied experimentally and theoretically. A limiter with bias potential was set inside the mirror trap for plasma rotation. The limiter construction and the optimal value of the potential were chosen according to the results of the preliminary theoretical analysis. This method of "vortex" confinement realization in an axisymmetric mirror trap for non-equilibrium heavy-ion plasmas seems to be promising for creation of ECR multicharged ion sources with high magnetic fields, more than 1 T.
