K. A. Razumova, V. F. Andreev, L. G. Eliseev, M. Yu. Kantor, N. V. Kasyanova, S. E. Lysenko, A. V. Melnikov, N. S. Sergeev
{"title":"Processes Determining the Energy Confinement in Tokamak Plasmas","authors":"K. A. Razumova, V. F. Andreev, L. G. Eliseev, M. Yu. Kantor, N. V. Kasyanova, S. E. Lysenko, A. V. Melnikov, N. S. Sergeev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24601093","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24601093","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a brief review, we discuss the processes associated with plasma self-organization in tokamaks, and the model of the self-consistent pressure profiles formation used in the energy and particle balance equations. Plasma self-organization can be interpreted as the formation of a structure consisting from chain of magnetic islands, each of which can form a self-consistent pressure profile. The convergence of island chains leads to anomalous transport, and their divergence leads to the formation of transport barriers. In the proposed model, the total energy flux Γ consists of two main parts: Γ<sub>0</sub> and Γ<sub>1</sub>, where Γ<sub>0</sub> corresponds to a self-consistent pressure profile, and the anomalous turbulent flux Γ<sub>1</sub> appears, when the pressure profile is distorted by additional heating/cooling, as well as the neoclassical flux Γ<sub>neo</sub>. The electron pressure profiles obtained by Thomson scattering in plasmas with magnetic islands and the effect of sawtooth oscillations on the anomalous Γ<sub>1</sub> flux are analyzed. We present examples of the plasma confinement deterioration due to the nonoptimal deposition of additional heating power, and the confinement improvement due to increased radiation losses at the edge, leading to diminishing the level of magnetic fluctuations, which can be associated with the divergence of the chain of magnetic islands or with a decrease in the size of the islands.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"254 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. V. Bernatskiy, I. I. Draganov, I. V. Kochetov, V. N. Ochkin
{"title":"Simultaneous Local Probe and Optical Measurements in a Discharge with a Hollow Cathode","authors":"A. V. Bernatskiy, I. I. Draganov, I. V. Kochetov, V. N. Ochkin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602603","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602603","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A movable assembly of a Langmuir probe and a fiber optic sensor was used to simultaneously measure the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) <i>f</i>(<i>u</i>), electron concentration <i>N</i><sub><i>e</i></sub>, and the plasma emission spectra <i>I</i>(λ) with a spatial resolution in a discharge in inert gases with reduced pressure supported by a hollow cathode. The dynamic range of the <i>f</i>(<i>u</i>) measurements was 5 orders of magnitude, and the observed spatial measurement ranges for <i>N</i><sub><i>e</i></sub> and <i>I</i>(λ) were up to 3 orders of magnitude. It was found that even small additions of xenon to helium resulted in significant changes in the EEDF shape, including spatial changes. The coronal model (CM) was used to calculate the spatial profiles <i>I</i>(λ) for a number of Xe lines in the discharge in the He–Xe (99 : 1) mixture using the measured <i>f</i>(<i>u</i>) and <i>N</i><sub><i>e</i></sub>. Even this simple model provides calculated intensities that, on the whole, agree satisfactorily with the measured intensities. The common method of measuring the electron temperature using the relative intensities of the spectral lines of atomic transitions is also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"340 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane in a Glow Discharge at 50 Hz and Atmospheric Pressure","authors":"T. S. Batukaev, Yu. A. Lebedev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602408","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602408","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A chromatographic study of atmospheric pressure glow discharge products in a mixture of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> has been carried out. The discharge has been ignited using a source at a frequency of 50 Hz and a discharge voltage of up to 10 kV. The main gas products at the discharge output are H<sub>2</sub> (∼55%) and CO (∼40%). It is shown that the discharge properties are determined by the ratio of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH4 consumption at the reactor input. Soot particles are formed in the discharge in addition to gas products at the same CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> consumption at the reactor input. The soot formation is suppressed and water vapor appears in the discharge when in the CO<sub>2</sub> content in the mixture increases. The discharge current and voltage oscillograms have been analyzed and the energy required to obtain hydrogen and spent on decomposition of СО<sub>2</sub> have been estimated.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"350 - 356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. D. Gospodchikov, O. B. Smolyakova, A. G. Shalashov, V. V. Postupaev
{"title":"Feasibility Study of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating in GOL-NB Device","authors":"E. D. Gospodchikov, O. B. Smolyakova, A. G. Shalashov, V. V. Postupaev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602627","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602627","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The results of simulating different options of implementing electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma heating at the GOL-NB multiple-mirror trap are presented. For a model radial profile of plasma density, the propagation and absorption of waves of the ECR frequency range were studied for both the existing magnetic configuration and feasible one with an increased magnetic field in the central trap. The simulations showed that for the frequencies of 37 and 54.5 GHz, it is possible to efficiently heat plasma by extraordinary wave at the fundamental harmonic. At the same time, there is a problem of “spurious resonance”, occurring on the “outer” part of the cyclotron resonance surface from the low-field side. For frequencies of 75 and 95 GHz, plasma heating by the extraordinary wave at the second harmonic can be relatively efficient for electron temperatures higher than 100 eV, which exceeds the plasma temperatures currently achieved in the experiment.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"266 - 281"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. B. Zolotukhin, M. V. Shandrikov, G. Yu. Yushkov
{"title":"Ion Composition of Plasma of a Planar Magnetron in the Gaseous and Vacuum Modes of Operation","authors":"D. B. Zolotukhin, M. V. Shandrikov, G. Yu. Yushkov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602524","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602524","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Results of experimental study and numerical simulation of the fractional content of argon and copper ions in plasma generated in a direct-current planar magnetron with a copper target in the gaseous (at argon pressure at the level of 0.1 Pa) and vacuum (at residual-gas pressure of 0.004 Pa) operation modes are presented. It is demonstrated that fractions of copper ions in the gaseous and vacuum operation modes at the discharge current, sufficiently high for sustaining the self-sputtering regime (10 A), are close to each other and are equal to 97 and 100%, respectively. The results of experiments and numerical estimates are indicative of the possibility of achieving a stable continuous discharge and obtaining a flow of metal ions in high vacuum in a planar magnetron without effects of thermal evaporation or sublimation of the copper target.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"369 - 373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. I. Kuznetsov, L. A. Bakaleinikov, I. K. Morozov, E. Yu. Flegontova
{"title":"Steady States of a Diode with Relativistic Electron and Positron Beams","authors":"V. I. Kuznetsov, L. A. Bakaleinikov, I. K. Morozov, E. Yu. Flegontova","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602329","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602329","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The steady states of a diode in which electrons and positrons come from opposite electrodes with relativistic velocities have been studied. Such a situation may occur, e.g., in the plasma of pulsar diodes. Both the mode when charged particles reach the opposite electrode and the mode when a portion of particles is reflected by the potential barriers within the inter-electrode gap are considered. It is established that with a fixed potential difference between the electrodes, the solutions are determined by only three dimensionless parameters: the inter-electrode distance <span>(delta )</span>, the relativistic factor of the entering electrons <span>({{gamma }_{0}})</span>, and the electric field strength at the left electrode <span>({{varepsilon }_{0}})</span>. The whole variety of solutions is represented by a set of curves in <span>({ {{varepsilon }_{0}},delta } )</span> plane. It turned out that these curves qualitatively coincide with the branches of the solutions in the non-relativistic case. The relativistic factor effect on structure of the solution branches has been analysed.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"299 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On One Peculiarity of the Ponderomotive Force Induced by an Ion-Cyclotron Wave in the Near-Earth Plasma","authors":"A. V. Guglielmi, A. S. Potapov, F. Z. Feygin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602172","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602172","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The theory of the ponderomotive forces in space plasma represents an essential part of the solar-terrestrial physics. The problem that appears when the classical expression governing the ponderomotive force is used for analysis of ion acceleration in the Earth’s magnetosphere under the influence of the ion-cyclotron wave is described. It consists in the fact that the force tends to infinity when the wave frequency approaches the local ion gyrofrequency. It is demonstrated that the singularity appears due to idealizations unavoidably adopted upon construction of the standard theory of ponderomotive forces. Two limiting cases are analyzed: the case of a wide opacity band for the ion-cyclotron waves and the case of narrow opacity band. Two approaches for regularization of the ponderomotive force in the vicinity of the pole of the refractive index for the ion-cyclotron wave are proposed. One of them removes the singularity at the pole at the boundary of the wide opacity band while the other removes it at the boundary of the narrow opacity band. Examples of situations in which the singularity in the ponderomotive force calculated within the framework of the standard theory has to be taken into account when studying wave phenomena in the near-Earth plasma are pointed out.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"309 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rotational Instability of the Axisymmetric Trivelpiece–Gould Modes in the Inhomogeneous Electron Beam","authors":"N. A. Marusov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24602311","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24602311","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Instability of axisymmetric electrostatic oscillations in an inhomogeneous beam of electrons confined by an axial magnetic field is studied within the framework of an ideal hydrodynamic model. The equation of perturbation of the beam electrostatic potential is derived in the linear approximation. It is demonstrated that the effects of differential beam rotation in self inhomogeneous electric field destabilize the Trivelpiece–Gould modes. The spatial structure of the unstable eigenmodes is calculated analytically and numerically for model profiles of the beam density, and their spectrum is analyzed.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"289 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technique for Plasma Diagnostics Based on Resonance Lines of Ne-Like Kr XXVII Ion and Its Satellites","authors":"I. Yu. Skobelev, R. K. Kulikov, S. N. Ryazantsev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25602640","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25602640","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The X-ray spectral diagnostics of laser plasma of heavy elements that does not contain few-electron ions is considered. The X-ray spectral method for measuring the temperature and density of laser plasma of krypton cluster targets is developed. It is based on analyzing resonance spectral lines of Ne-like krypton ions Kr XXVII and their two-electron satellites arising due to transitions in Na- and Mg-like Kr XXVI and Kr XXV ions. Using the results of the calculations performed, it is possible to determine the ion density of plasma in the range of 10<sup>17</sup>–10<sup>21</sup> cm<sup>–3</sup> and the electron temperature in the range of 200–1000 eV. It is shown that one spectrometer with the spherically curved quartz crystal, which has a sufficiently high spectral and spatial resolution, can be used for experimental recording all required diagnostic spectral lines of krypton ions.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"282 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Chen, E. A. Kralkina, S. A. Dvinin, A. M. Nikonov, K. V. Vavilin, I. I. Zadiriev, W. X. Duan, S. D. Fang, J. Shen, Z. Wu
{"title":"Comparison of Power Absorption Ability of Ar and O2, N2 Plasma of RF Inductive Discharge","authors":"G. Chen, E. A. Kralkina, S. A. Dvinin, A. M. Nikonov, K. V. Vavilin, I. I. Zadiriev, W. X. Duan, S. D. Fang, J. Shen, Z. Wu","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24602165","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24602165","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The measurements of the RF power absorption efficiency have been performed in the pressure range of argon in the range of 1 × 10<sup>–3</sup>–0.7 Torr, oxygen pressures in the range of 8 × 10<sup>–4</sup>–0.05 Torr, nitrogen pressure 3 × 10<sup>–3</sup>–4 × 10<sup>–2</sup> Torr at the operating frequency of 4 MHz. In argon the efficiency of RF generator power coupling to plasma in the considered pressure range weakly increases with increasing argon pressure. In oxygen and nitrogen plasma at powers below 500 W the RF power coupling efficiency depends non-monotonically on pressure. The admixture of even small amount of oxygen to argon discharge leads to the decrease of RF power coupling efficiency at high Ar pressure and RF generator power below 400 W. A decrease in the fraction of RF generator power absorbed by the plasma under pressure growth leads to a decrease in the plasma density and discharge disruption. Thus, the area of existence of the discharge appears to be limited on the high-pressure side. The higher is the RF generator power, the wider is the range of pressures at which the RF inductive discharge can exist. The numerical simulation showed that the observed experimental facts were due to the peculiarities of the dependence of equivalent plasma resistance on electron density and frequency of electron collisions with heavy particles.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"51 3","pages":"357 - 364"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145166134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}