Magnetically insulated diode: existence of solutions and complex bifurcation. I
This paper studies magnetic insulation in a space-charge-limited vacuum diode through a stationary self-consistent model derived from a singularly perturbed 1.5-dimensional Vlasov–Maxwell system. The central objective is to characterize the transition to the insulated regime, in which electrons are reflected toward the cathode at a free boundary point. The analysis is developed in two stages. First, the original kinetic model is reduced to a nonlinear singular system for the electric and magnetic potentials, and then to a nonlinear singular equation for the effective potential. For the region, where, we prove the existence of physically admissible nonnegative solutions by reformulating the problem as a coupled system of nonlinear Fredholm integral equations and establishing fixed-point existence. Second, for the fully insulated regime, where, we perform a bifurcation analysis of complex solutions and their dependence on system parameters and boundary conditions. The resulting bifurcation diagrams identify critical parameter thresholds, describe regime transitions, and provide a quantitative estimate of the insulated diode spacing. These results provide an integrated analytical–computational approach for predicting magnetic-insulation behavior in high-power vacuum diodes for the reduced model studied, combining rigorous existence results with computational bifurcation validation and parameter-space exploration. © The Author(s) 2026.
Библиографическая ссылка Sidorov D.N., Sinitsyn A.V., Toledo Leguizamón O.D., Wang L. Magnetically insulated diode: existence of solutions and complex bifurcation. I // Scientific Reports. Vol.16(1). No.30143. 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58705-6
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