Abstract

It is shown that, while suppressing transverse electron motion, the axial magnetic field with an induction of up to 6.8 × 10−2 T in the gap of a plasma diode has no significant effect on the current instability and on the acceleration of ions at electron beam currents of ≤40 A. The increase in both the critical current and the period of current oscillations is related to an increase in the plasma density after applying the magnetic field. The maximum energy of the accelerated magnesium ions decreases by ≈25% at an induction of 1.7 × 10−2 T and does not depend on the magnetic field in the range (1.7–6.8) × 10−2 T.

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