Simplified Plasmadynamics Model of a Coaxial Self-Field Plasma Accelerator

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Coaxial electromagnetic plasma accelerators, operating at currents of tens of kiloamperes, generate a high magnetic field that accelerates ions to velocities of tens of kilometers per second to provide spacecraft thrust or high energy plasma beams. The paper presents a simplified model of the plasma acceleration processes allowing the efficiency to be improved and higher velocities to be achieved.

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