Experimental investigation of the transverse injection of a dense plasma into a linear octupole

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The transverse injection is investigated under conditions such that the static octupole field near the entrance is virtually cancelled by the diamagnetic currents in the plasma and also under conditions such that the field is essentially undisturbed. The average time-resolved motion of the plasma under both conditions as a function of average velocity of the injected plasma is determined. Calculations are also made from magnetic and electric probe data which account for the transfer of the momentum of the streaming plasma to the supporting structure.