Paramagnetic properties of plasma produced by a powerful microwave beam
Anpilov A. M. , Berezhetskaya N. K. , Kop'ev V. A. , Kossyi I. A.
Experiments performed with plasma produced at the surface of an insulator in vacuum by a powerful pulsed microwave radiation showed that this plasma formation (microwave plasma burst) exhibits paramagnetic properties, amplifying an externally applied axial magnetic field. The observed phenomenon is attributed to the nonlinear interaction of a powerful electromagnetic wave with the supercritical plasma produced by the wave in the resonance region of the plasma. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.