Evolution of energy spectra of the electronic component for plasmoids generated under autoresonance conditions in a long magnetic mirror

We performed a 3D numerical simulation of plasmoid generation with a relativistic electron component under gyromagnetic autoresonance conditions in a long mirror trap. We studied the process of plasmoid formation, the spaciotemporal dynamics and the evolution of the energy spectra of the electron component of the plasma and the efficiency of electron trapping as a function of the experimental parameters. © 2018 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.