T. Ni, X. Zhao, R. Ge, X. Zhang, Jingfei Wang, Sh. Yuan, Z. Zhang, H. Guo, Ch. Zhang, D. Xu
{"title":"Investigation of Anti-Cancer Effect of Combined Quadruple-Electrode Plasma Device","authors":"T. Ni, X. Zhao, R. Ge, X. Zhang, Jingfei Wang, Sh. Yuan, Z. Zhang, H. Guo, Ch. Zhang, D. Xu","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25604080","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25604080","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cold atmospheric pressure plasma has been shown to be effective in the treatment of cancer, and in recent years there has been an increasing amount of research for plasma generating devices, the most widely used of which are the pin–ring and double-ring structures. We have combined these two conventional discharge structures and compared their discharge and anticancer effects with use of a single structure. We added a needle-ring as the first preionization layer on top of the conventional two-ring structure, and compared the discharge characteristics and anticancer effects of the double-electrode and the quadruple-electrode structures under three working gases, namely, He, He + 0.5%N<sub>2</sub> and He + 0.5%O<sub>2</sub>. The discharge images, photoemission spectra, and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and <span>({text{NO}}_{2}^{ - })</span> concentration analyses showed that the plasma jet intensity was higher for the quadruple-electrode structure. This is attributed to the fact that the increased pre-ionization layer promotes the full ionization of the gas from top to bottom, which increases the density of charged particles in the subsequent double-loop jet, and thus enhances the strength of the discharge—the upper pin-loop discharge effectively strengthens the lower double-loop discharge. We detreated A549 cancer cells with activated water prepared by the plasma device and examined cell survival, and the results showed that cells treated with He + 0.5%N<sub>2</sub> quadruple-electrode had a lower survival rate. In addition, apoptosis increased significantly with the duration of plasma treatment. The study suggests that a quadruple-electrode plasma jet using He + 0.5%N<sub>2</sub> may be a novel approach for cancer treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"485 - 498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061296","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":"Oblique Collision of Ion Acoustic Solitons in Magnetized Pair-Ion Plasma Containing Tsallis Distributed Electrons","authors":"U. H. Malik, M. Khan, A. Zada, M. Kamran","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X26600143","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X26600143","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two obliquely interacting ion-acoustic solitons are studied in a magnetized electronegative plasma, characterized by Cairns–Tsallis distributed electrons. For this purpose, an extended Poincaré–Lighthill–Kuo method is employed to derive two Korteweg–de Vries equations and the corresponding phase shifts associated with the oblique interaction. The solitons’ phase shifts are found to be dependent upon the physical parameters including nonextensive and nonthermal parameters, ion-to-electron mass ratio, propagation angle, and magnetic field strength. Typical parameters for the (Ar<span>(^{ + })</span>, SF<span>(_{6}^{ - })</span>) and (Xe<span>(^{ + })</span>, SF<span>(_{6}^{ - })</span>) plasma systems are selected to investigate how the mass ratio of positive to negative ions and the density ratio of negative to positive ions influence the soliton structure and associated phase shifts. The results demonstrate that these parameters significantly influence both the phase shifts and the trajectories of the two ion-acoustic solitons. Evidently, this more realistic model is helpful for interpreting the ion-acoustic soliton waves in magnetized plasma experiments and space observations.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"462 - 473"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061298","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, T. A. Khusainov, A. L. Solomakhin, A. G. Shalashov
{"title":"Quasi-Optical Simulations of Electron Cyclotron Plasma Heating at the Fundamental and Second Harmonics at the GDMT Facility","authors":"E. D. Gospodchikov, T. A. Khusainov, A. L. Solomakhin, A. G. Shalashov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X26600337","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X26600337","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two schemes for auxiliary ECR plasma heating for the GDMT project, operating at frequencies of 82.6 GHz and 170 GHz, are compared. The choice of frequencies is determined by the availability of domestic megawatt-power gyrotrons manufactured by JSC GYCOM. Both schemes use transverse launch of radiation relative to the trap axis with focusing near the X-point of the magnetic field, and operate with the same (within 3%) resonant magnetic field. The 82.6 GHz heating is based on the absorption of the ordinary wave at the fundamental cyclotron harmonic, while the 170 GHz heating is based on the absorption of the extraordinary wave at the second cyclotron harmonic. The feasibility of efficient plasma heating with both schemes is demonstrated by simulations of the microwave field interaction with the GDMT plasma using the QOOT quasi-optical code. However, the 170 GHz heating scheme has revealed a number of advantages that suggest it as the best option providing the greatest reliability and flexibility for physical experiments at GDMT.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"420 - 433"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061300","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":"Calculation of Nonlinear Spectra of Cherenkov Instabilities of Dense Electron Beams in Electrodynamic Systems of Plasma Microwave Electronics","authors":"A. V. Ershov, M. V. Kuzelev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X2660026X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X2660026X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The multi-wave interaction of a thin-walled tubular rectilinear electron beam with delayed electromagnetic waves of a cylindrical electrodynamic system with plasma filling is considered. General nonlinear equations of the multi-wave regime of Cherenkov beam instability are obtained. For the case of the collective forced Cherenkov effect, multi-wave equations with cubic nonlinearity are obtained. The nonlinear dynamics of the spectrum of waves excited by a beam in a plasma waveguide is investigated. It is shown that there is a broadening of the instability spectrum in the regime of the collective forced Cherenkov effect because of the mechanism of collective nonlinear deceleration of the electron beam during its interaction with many modes of delayed electromagnetic waves.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"444 - 455"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061294","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":"Measurements of the Spatial Distribution of Plasma Characteristics by the Langmuir Probe Method in a Hollow Cathode Discharge (Review)","authors":"A. V. Bernatskiy, I. I. Draganov, V. N. Ochkin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X26600222","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X26600222","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work analyzes various aspects of using probe diagnostics to measure the spatial distribution of plasma electron component characteristics in a hollow-cathode discharge. Various methods for generating the probe voltage and probe signal processing are discussed. Approaches used to determine the electron energy distribution function, plasma potential, electron density, and average electron energy are analyzed. The effect of the cylindrical Langmuir probe design on the measurement results is considered. The studies on the numerical simulation and probe measurements of plasma characteristics in various regions of the hollow-cathode discharge are reviewed. The final section discusses the results obtained at the “Tech” discharge facility in the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"379 - 419"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061295","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":"Numerical Simulation of Streamer Discharge Characteristics Induced by Free Metal Particles in SF6/CO2 Gas Mixture","authors":"Q. Bing, T. Fuyou, L. Chang, W. Hui","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X25604353","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X25604353","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Partial discharges induced by free metal particles impair the insulation performance of high-voltage electrical equipment. Owing to its environmental benefits, cost-effectiveness, and excellent dielectric properties, the SF<sub>6</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> gas mixture has emerged as a promising alternative for gas-insulated applications. This study establishes a two-dimensional plasma fluid model, utilizing the finite element method to self-consistently couple the current and electrostatic fields for simulating the discharge of millimeter-sized particles in an SF<sub>6</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> mixture at 220 kV. The results indicate that as the proportion of SF<sub>6</sub> increases from 10 to 30%, the streamer propagation velocity decreases and the breakdown time prolongs. The streamer head exhibits a sharp rise in electric field strength and electron density. This indicates that SF<sub>6</sub>’s strong electronegativity suppresses electron avalanche development, thereby promoting the accumulation of space charge, which in turn leads to more pronounced electric field distortion. Analysis of ion distribution shows a decrease in <span>({text{CO}}_{2}^{ + })</span> density, while the densities of <span>({text{SF}}_{6}^{ - })</span> and <span>({text{SF}}_{5}^{ - })</span> increase, indicating a shift in the discharge mechanism from being dominated by CO<sub>2</sub> ionization to a synergistic mechanism dominated by SF<sub>6</sub> adsorption and ionization. This study achieves real-time solving of the floating potential of metal particles through multi-physics coupling and systematically elucidates the physical mechanisms of streamer initiation by particles in mixed gases with different ratios, providing a theoretical basis for the formulation of eco-friendly insulating gas mixtures and engineering insulation design.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"499 - 514"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061277","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":"Collisional Radiative Recombination of He++ Ions in the Decaying Plasma of a Low-Frequency Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Helium. Ion Radiation Spectrum","authors":"V. A. Ivanov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X26600441","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X26600441","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The results of a study of the spectrum and temporal characteristics of plasma radiation formed during the recombination of doubly charged helium ions with electrons are presented. As a source of plasma with electron density [<i>e</i>] ≈ 10<sup>11</sup> cm<sup>–3</sup>, a low-frequency dielectric barrier discharge was used in a cylindrical glass tube filled with helium at pressures from fractions to units of Torr and containing small additions of neon and hydrogen for diagnostic purposes. At the plasma decay stage, lines of the Pickering and Fowler series emitted by <span>({text{He}}_{n}^{{ + }}text{*})</span> excited levels with a principal quantum number up to <i>n</i> = 12 have been detected. The intensities of some of them undistorted by the superposition of molecular radiation have been used to test the algorithm for comparing the rate constants of collisional radiative recombination of He<sup>++</sup> and He<sup>+</sup> ions with electrons eliminating the uncertainty of the role of the destruction of doubly charged ions in collisions with heavy particles.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"474 - 484"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061299","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":"Fluctuation Processes in Dusty Plasma and the Rise of Fine Dust above the Surface of the Moon","authors":"S. I. Popel, A. V. Zakharov, I. A. Kuznetsov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X26600209","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X26600209","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The fluctuation acceleration in the lunar dusty plasma has been considered in a situation where the effects of solar radiation are not important, which occurs, e.g., during the dark time of the lunar day. Acceleration is caused by fluctuations in the charges of dust particles, which arise as a result of the discrete nature of the dust causing fluctuations in the microscopic currents of electrons and ions flowing onto the dust particles. Fluctuations in the charges of dust particles lead to an increase in the average energy of the particles and, accordingly, to their acceleration. The energy that makes possible such an increase in the energy of dust particles is associated with sources of dusty plasma, which ensure a continuous exchange of matter and energy including the participation of dust charging processes. It has been shown that in the lunar dusty plasma, fluctuation acceleration of nanoscale and submicrometer dust particles can lead to a significant increase in their speed, and for sufficiently small nanoscale particles, even to their reaching speeds exceeding the second astronautic velocity for the Moon, as a result of which such particles can leave the lunar plasma-dust system. At the same time, earlier estimates characterizing the behavior of the largest particles, which make up the dusty plasma formed by electrostatic interactions, remain valid.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 4","pages":"456 - 461"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148061297","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}
R. Rifat, S. Sultana, M. M. Orani, A. Mannan, A. A. Mamun
{"title":"Influence of Adiabaticity on Dust-Ion-Acoustic Solitary Waves in the Presence of Q-Nonextensive Electrons and Arbitrarily Charged Dust","authors":"R. Rifat, S. Sultana, M. M. Orani, A. Mannan, A. A. Mamun","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X2660012X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X2660012X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A five-component collisionless unmagnetized dusty plasma comprising inertial warm adiabatic ions, Boltzmann distributed hot electrons and hot protons, nonextensive cold electrons with arbitrarily charged immobile dust grains is considered to investigate the linear and nonlinear behavior of dust-ion-acoustic solitary waves. The reductive perturbation method is employed to derive the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation, and the pseudo-potential approach provides the solution for nonlinear structures. This system supports only positive potential solitary excitations. The phase speed, amplitude, width, and other characteristics of the solitons are strongly influenced by various plasma parameters such as dust polarity, ion temperature, nonextensivity, adiabaticity, and others. These results offer valuable insights into the properties of solitary excitations in multi-component laboratory and space plasmas where warm ion pressure plays a significant role.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 3","pages":"310 - 321"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147938598","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. G. Silkis, N. D. Pilia, D. O. Antonov, K. A. Alabin, V. N. Krasheninnikov, D. A. Tyurin, L. I. Urutskoev, N. Z. Chikovani
{"title":"Plasma Spectroscopy during High-Current Electric Explosions of Tungsten Wires in Vacuum","authors":"E. G. Silkis, N. D. Pilia, D. O. Antonov, K. A. Alabin, V. N. Krasheninnikov, D. A. Tyurin, L. I. Urutskoev, N. Z. Chikovani","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X26600040","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X26600040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When studying the optical spectra arising from the electrical explosion of tungsten wires in a vacuum, several thousand spectral lines of W I and W II were recorded in the range of 450–912 nm. Among these lines, 118 spectral lines that are not contained in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) line database reference were reliably and reproducibly detected. Some of these lines (57 W II lines and 6 W I lines), with a deviation of no more than 0.01 nm, coincides with the W lines contained in the calculated line database created at the University of Mons, Belgium (DESIRE). To verify the detected lines, the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry initiated a study of the spectra of tungsten plasma in an arc discharge (in an argon or helium atmosphere) in the same spectral range. A group of 57 lines, which were not identified in the NIST and DESIRE spectral databases, were observed in both electric explosion and arc discharge spectra and therefore are highly likely to belong to W.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"52 3","pages":"293 - 301"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147938595","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}