ABSTRACT

A specific feature of the plasma centrifuge, based on the plasma-beam discharge, is the radial electric field, which is provided directly by the electron beam. Electron beam plasma is formed by injection into a neutral gas a cylindrical or plane electron beam with electron energies usually ranging from 10 keV to 1 MeV. The electron beam injectors for an electron-beam plasma generation can be arranged using e direct electrostatic accelerators, although other types of accelerators can be applied as well. An advantage of plasma-chemical applications of the high energy and relativistic electron beams is related to the long-distance of their decay even in the high-pressure systems.