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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 352-354
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1399
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Phenomenon of fast heating of plasma ions in the multimirror trap GOL-3 is discovered and explained. An essence of effect is that ion component of the plasma is heated during electron beam injection much faster (at 100-1000 times) than due to binary electron-ion collisions.An analysis of experimental results is presented and discussed. A model of fast non-Coulomb ion heating is suggested.
