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In addition to confining plasmas, the magnetic pressure can be used to accelerate plasmas to high velocities. There are a number of methods for projecting individual plasmoids (or plasma blobs) or continuous plasma jets from a nozzle by using the magnetic pressure. As in the confinement problem, a magnetic field can be created by currents, flowing either in external conductors or in the plasma.
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Frank-Kamenetskii, D.A. (1972). Electromagnetic Pumping and Plasma Acceleration. In: Plasma: The Fourth State of Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1896-5_15
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