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We study the evolution of the ECR discharge sustained in a simple mirror magnetic trap by a powerful millimeter-wave radiation. Specific features of the discharge behavior are determined by the intense gassing of the vacuum chamber walls affected by a plasma that flows out of the trap. A model of the discharge dynamics is proposed. Solutions with explosive plasma-density increase were found and analyzed, and qualitative agreement between the model and experimental results was obtained.
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Vodopyanov, A.V., Golubev, S.V., Zorin, V.G. et al. Effect of Vacuum-Chamber Wall Gassing on the Evolution of an ECR Discharge in a Magnetic Trap. Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics 46, 744–748 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RAQE.0000025007.04274.3d
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