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The problem of self-consistent motion of charged particles in a high-current plasma channel is solved using the kinetic model of a plasma with electron and ion beams whose motion is governed by the resulting electromagnetic field. It is shown that, in a high-density plasma, the ion motion makes the contribution of electrons to the current in the channel negative, in which case the ion current is higher than the net current and the plasma moves at a high speed as an electrically neutral axial stream whose direction coincides with the direction of the current in the channel.
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Translated from Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2000, pp. 146–152.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Karpov.
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Karpov, G.V. Self-consistent electron and ion motion in a high-current plasma channel. Plasma Phys. Rep. 26, 133–138 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.952832
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