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VOLUME 26 (1977) | ISSUE 7 | PAGE 532
Ion heating and fine structure of the potential in the interaction of a magnetic piston with a plasma
We investigated experimentally ion heating and the structure of the potential following compression of a plasma (η0~0.7χ 1012-5χ 1012 cm-3) by a magnetic piston (H = 1200 Oe, T74 = 400 nsec) in а θ pinch without an initial magnetic field. We demonstrate the existence of broad spectra of ions moving in a radial direction and scattered through 45°. A potential discontinuity of width —50-100 Debye lengths is formed ahead of the magnetic piston. The results do not contradict the assumption that a turbulent electrostatic shock wave exists under the conditions in question.