Influence of distance between coils with current on the effect of cascade plasma heating in flows injected from the QSPA

Abstract

Abstract Research of the interaction of high-speed dense plasma flows generated by the quasi-stationary plasma accelerator with the magnetic field of the set of ring current-carrying conductors located at different distances from each other is presented. The study was based on the model of radiation magnetic gas dynamics, taking into account electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and radiation transport. It was found that a decrease in the distance between the coils with a current leads to the disappearance of the effect of step-by-step or cascade transformation of kinetic energy into thermal energy of the plasma.