Spatiotemporal dynamics of cross-field ejection events in recombining detached plasma

Abstract

Abstract Three-dimensional spatiotemporal dynamics of detached helium plasma parameters along time, radius, and magnetic field were revealed in the linear device NAGDIS-II. To measure plasma parameters before and after the radial plasma ejection that was enhanced around the volume-recombining region, the conditional averaging technique was applied. The radial ejection was found to correlate with low-frequency changes of plasma-column parameters, which seemed to suppress the axial movement of the recombining region. Moreover, an azimuthal charge separation inside the ejected structure was observed, similar to the typical edge transport phenomenon: blobby plasma transport. The neutral flow effect was suggested as a candidate of the driving force.