I 'll try to express my felling in a mathematical manner
If you apply an infinite magnetic field in the y direction, and apply an electric field between a pair of spaced tubes aligned parallel to to the y axis. let the center of the tubes be at zero of x axis.
You get that the ions is going to cycle around the gap infinitely... in the zx plane....
this mean that theres going to be induction since the positive ions are much faster than the negative ions... or if further ionization is reached than in the opposite manner the free electrons are going to be much faster than the heavy ions..
Maybe that experiment donald smith made with the plasma ball consisted in this. think about.
He states that the induced voltage is very high.. maybe al that is needed is a magnetic field to keep the rays of the plasma globe like a tornado. vortex like...