Experimental modeling of a novel magnetic confinement system: Galathea with a myxine in the shape of a convex polyhedron

A new type of magnetic confinement system—a Galathea with a myxine in the shape of a convex polyhedron—is proposed. The system was modeled experimentally by passing an RF current through the myxine. On the one hand, the myxine acts as an inductor whose electric field ionizes the gas and, on the other, it acts as an RF magnetic confinement system. A steady-state plasma produced and confined in this system is almost spherical in shape. The electron density and specific (per unit volume) glow intensity of the plasma produced are found to be higher than those in conventional helical inductors.