On the Kinetics of the Active Zone of the Stationary SF6 Beam Discharge Plasma

The paper deals with the impact of intensive electron attachment on the kinetics of the electrons in the active zone of the stationary band-like beam discharge plasma in SF₆ which is an alternative useful plasma medium for “dry etching”. The energy distribution of the electrons in this plasma was obtained by numerically solving the Boltzmann equation which includes apart from elastic collisions, different exciting collision processes, attachment in electron collisions, direct ionization, the ambipolar loss of electrons, Coulomb interaction between electrons and of electrons with ions and the power input to the electrons by the turbulent electric field. In particular, due to the needed fulfilment of the consistent electron particle balance, for an extended region of the turbulence energy density in this plasma a large impact on the electron kinetics of the intensive electron attachment, which is the prevailing electron loss process, was found enforcing independent of the turbulence energy density always a large power input to the electrons, smooth and only slowly decreasing energy distributions even in the energy region of direct ionization.     

Structure of the direct-current magnetron discharge in neon at different polarities of the electrode system

A dc magnetron discharge in neon is studied at different polarities of the electrode system. It is found that the electron energy distribution function is composed of three groups of electrons: fast electrons accelerated by the strong field of a cathode sheath, slow electrons confined in a potential well due to the space-charge field, and intermediate-energy electrons. It is shown that the energy distribution of the confined electrons is a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function, whereas the energy distribution of the intermediate electrons is typical of electron diffusion at a constant total energy. The measured values of the cathode sheath thickness depend on the source polarity.     

Role of bremsstrahlung radiation in limiting the energy of runaway electrons in tokamaks

Bremsstrahlung radiation of runaway electrons is found to be an energy limit for runaway electrons in tokamaks. The minimum and maximum energy of runaway electron beams is shown to be limited by collisions and bremsstrahlung radiation, respectively. It is also found that a massive injection of a high-Z gas such as xenon can terminate a disruption-generated runaway current before the runaway electrons hit the walls.     

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采用飞秒激光与薄膜靶相互作用测量了前向超热电子的分布和能谱。结果显示,前向超热电子主要集中在靶背法线方向附近区域发射,而超热电子的能谱呈双温类麦克斯韦分布。根据所测超热电子能谱和分布推算出前向超热电子总产额约1.23×108shot-1和前向超热电子的总能量约4.65×1011keV.shot-1,最后给出激光能量转化为前向超热电子能量的转化效率约5.72×10-4,这些结果与文献[17]的较好地一致。     

Dynamic model of the hydrogen bond

A new approach to the theory of the hydrogen bond is attempted which is based on the idea of the indirect interaction between the non-bonding electrons via the chemical bond. This indirect mechanism leads to an effective interaction between the non-bonding electrons and to the formation of correlated electron pairs from the non-bonding electrons with opposite spins from opposite sides of the chemical bond. The ground-state energy of the correlated pairs is lowered and the excited-state energy is raised, the three-centre asymmetric arrangement favoured and the dipole moment of the system increased.     

Determination of the thickness of a gold layer deposited onto silicon via reflected electron spectroscopy

The energy spectra of electrons reflected from a gold layer deposited onto a silicon substrate have been measured when the energy losses are comparable with the energy of a probe electron beam (5 keV) and the elastic energy losses correspond to an electron-beam energy of 14 keV. A subsequent theory for calculating the energy spectra of electrons and light ions reflected from a multilayer target, which is used to interpret the energy spectra measured in the wide range of energy losses, has been developed. It is found that the elastic scattering processes in the gold layer (the thickness of which is tens of monolayers) substantially affect formation of the energy spectra. The Au layer thicknesses calculated by means of the developed theory are compared with those determined from the spectra of elastically reflected electrons. The errors of the Au layer thickness measurements via the proposed method are discussed.     

Beam electron energy distribution at a volume nanosecond discharge in atmospheric-pressure air

The energy distributions of beam electrons and x-ray photons in a volume nanosecond discharge on atmospheric-pressure air are studied. Several groups of elevated-energy electrons are found. It is shown that electrons with an energy from several tens to several hundreds of kiloelectronvolts (which is lower than a maximal voltage across the gap) make a major contribution to the beam current measured behind thin foils. It is corroborated that fast electrons (with an energy from several kiloelectronvolts to several tens of kiloelectron-volts) arise 100–150 ps before the basic peak of the beam current, elongating the current pulse and significantly increasing its amplitude. The contribution from electrons with an anomalously high energy (exceeding a maximal voltage across the gap) to the beam current is shown to be insignificant (less than 5%). The x-ray spectra in gas-filled diodes of different design are studied. Techniques of measuring the subnanosecond electron beam current and mechanisms generating fast and runaway electrons in volume high-pressure gas discharges are analyzed.     

近程碰撞对He+离子诱发背向电子发射贡献比例的计算

用Monte Carlo方法模拟了高速He+离子入射到C，Cu和Al固体表面所诱发的电子发射.用这个程序计算了背向的电子发射产额，并且同时计算了近程碰撞对总的背向电子发射产额的贡献比例，对C，Cu和Al其值分别是05，055和0.42.对在近程碰撞中产生的高能δ电子（E＞10O eV）对背向电子发射行为的影响也进行了详尽地讨论，只有那些能量为几百个eV的δ电子对产额的贡献比例较大.对于C靶，δ电子对电子阻止本领最大值附近的二次电子发射行为会产生影响.计算所得到的电子发射产额与实验结果符合得很好. 关键词： 二次电子发射 Monte Carlo模拟 近程碰撞 δ电子     

三价原子的非相对论能级结构理论

本文以原子结构的拉卡方法为基础,从三价原子的拉卡基出发,反复利用三个角动量耦合的基本关系以及3j、6j、9j符号的性质,具体推导了(n1 l1)(n2 l2)(n3l3)和(n1 l1)2(n3l3)组态下三价原子非相对论哈密顿矩阵元的计算式,除径向部分用Slater-Condon径向积分表示以外,完成了所有的角向积分与自旋求和;简要举例说明了如何利用该矩阵元计算式推导三价原子非相对论谱项能量表达式以及利用变分原理确定其中的Slater-Condon径向积分,从而求出具体的谱项能量数值.可以说,本文已建立起三价原子非相对论性能级结构的一般理论.     

Deceleration and acceleration of fast electrons in a dense gas in an electric field

The propagation of electrons in a gas at energies higher than the excitation energy of the K shell of the gas atoms is simulated numerically. Calculations show that, without a field, the penetration depth of the electrons into a gas heavier than nitrogen is limited primarily by their elastic collisions with atomic nuclei. For electrons moving in an electric field, the effect of elastic collisions is that there is no definite electric field strength above which an electron with a given energy will be continuously accelerated. Even in an electric field much stronger than the critical one, only a fraction of electrons are accelerated. The remaining electrons turn back due to elastic collisions and lose their energy in deceleration by the field. In this case, the propagation velocity of the centroid of the electrons tends to a constant value.     

Spectra of electrons and X-ray photons in a diffusive nanosecond discharge in air under atmospheric pressure

The spectra of electrons and X-ray photons generated in nanosecond discharges in air under atmospheric pressure are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Data for the discharge formation dynamics in a nonuniform electric field are gathered. It is confirmed that voltage pulses with an amplitude of more than 100 kV and a rise time of 1 ns or less causing breakdown of an electrode gap with a small-radius cathode generate runaway electrons, which can be divided into three groups in energy (their energy varies from several kiloelectronvolts to several hundreds of kiloelectronvolts). It is also borne out that the formation of the space charge is due to electrons appearing in the gap at the cathode and a major contribution to the electron beam behind the foil comes from electrons of the second group, the maximal energy of which roughly corresponds to the voltage across the gap during electron beam generation. X-ray radiation from the gas-filled diode results from beam electron slowdown both in the anode and in the gap. It is shown that the amount of group-3 electrons with an energy above the energy gained by runaway electrons (in the absence of losses) at a maximal voltage across the gap is much smaller than the amount of group-2 electrons.     

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用KMR模型研究了等离子体中多光子非线性Compton散射下电子相轨道的演化,发现电子与光子进行能量交换后,只有未被俘获电子的相轨道才能从周期性向非周期性、随机型演化,其演化剧烈程度随电子吸收光子数的增大而加剧,随电子与光子碰撞非弹性成分和碰撞前初始速度的增大而迅速减弱,但低于强激光场中的剧烈程度。当电子被光场俘获时,这种演化过程结束并做稳定的运动,光子不再为电子提供能量。     

Compton散射下等离子体中电子相轨道的演化

用KMR模型研究了等离子体中多光子非线性Compton散射下电子相轨道的演化,发现电子与光子进行能量交换后,只有未被俘获电子的相轨道才能从周期性向非周期性、随机型演化,其演化剧烈程度随电子吸收光子数的增大而加剧,随电子与光子碰撞非弹性成分和碰撞前初始速度的增大而迅速减弱,但低于强激光场中的剧烈程度。当电子被光场俘获时,这种演化过程结束并做稳定的运动,光子不再为电子提供能量。     

微结构X射线源中电子与阳极作用的蒙特卡罗模拟

根据电子多重散射理论,基于蒙特卡罗方法研究不同能量电子垂直入射不同材料的阳极靶后,电子在阳极靶内的沉积能量分布,及X射线发射位置的能量分布.结果表明：电子在靶内的轨迹扩展和入射电子能量、靶材料有关,99%电子能量沉积在近似圆柱形区域内.且电子在入射方向上的沉积能量分布不是直接递减,而是先递增到一定深度后再递减,符合电子背散射理论.说明X射线产生区域是在距表面一定深度区域内.另外,通过对比分析发现金刚石膜作为电子吸收光栅是不可行的,但作为热沉材料有很大的潜力.这些结论可为微结构X射线源研究及高亮度高相干X射线源设计提供参考.     

Measurement of the transmission function of the hemispherical energy analyser of ADES 400 electron spectrometer

For determination of the transmission function of a hemispherical energy analyser of an ADES 400 photoelectron spectrometer (V. G. Sci.) a direct method is used. This method is based on the definition of the transmission coefficient of an energy analyser. The number of impinging electrons from an electron gun is measured by a Faraday cup and the current of passed electrons is determined as a peak area of the current signal from the channel multiplier which is used as the Faraday cup. The transmission function of the energy analyser of the ADES 400 photoelectron spectrometer is measured for four values of the analyser pass energy.Presented at the Seminar on Secondary Electrons in Electron Spectroscopy, Microscopy, and Microanalysis, Chlum (The Czech Republic), 21–24 September, 1993.     

Multiplication of high-energy electrons in irradiated materials studied using the Boltzmann kinetic equation

Processes involved in the formation of electron collision cascades created by nonrelativistic high-energy electrons, which can develop in materials exposed to electron and gamma radiation fluxes, have been considered. The problem is solved using the Boltzmann kinetic equation for high-energy electrons moving in a medium. A model scattering indicatrix is constructed for this equation with an arbitrary potential of interaction between colliding particles. Using this scattering indicatrix, the distribution of the particle energies is obtained. Based on this energy distribution (with an arbitrary interparticle interaction potential), a cascade function is found that describes the multiplication of knock-out electrons (electron cascade) generated when a high-energy electron with a certain energy is scattered on the electron subsystem of the irradiated material. The cascade function has been calculated for the Coulomb potential of the interaction between a high-energy electron and atomic-shell electrons.     

Electron bunching in a Penning trap and accelerating process for CO_2 gas mixture active medium

In PASER(particle acceleration by stimulated emission of radiation),in the presence of an active medium incorporated in a Penning trap,moving electrons can become bunched,and as they get enough energy,they escape the trap forming an optical injector.These bunched electrons can enter the next PASER section filled with the same active medium to be accelerated.In this paper,electron dynamics in the presence of a gas mixture active medium incorporated in a Penning trap is analyzed by developing an idealized ID model.We evaluate the energy exchange occurring as the train of electrons traverses into the next PASER section.The results show that the oscillating electrons can be bunched at the resonant frequency of the active medium.The influence of the trapped time and population inversion are analyzed,showing that the longer the electrons are trapped,the more energy from the medium the accelerated electrons get,and with the increase of population inversion,the decelerated electrons are virtually unchanged but the accelerated electrons more than double their peak energy values.The simulation results show that the gas active medium needs a lower population inversion to bunch the electrons compared to a solid active medium,so the experimental conditions can easily be achieved.     

Secondary electron emission from thin carbon films

For the purpose of investigating how secondary electrons are produced in carbon, the correlation between energy-loss events and secondary electrons was studied experimentally by using the coincidence method. If a secondary electron is detected in coincidence with an electron transmitted through a thin film which has lost an amount of energy E, then the process causing this energy loss results in the production of secondary electrons. We established the existence of these coincidences and have taken inelastic and coincidence spectra for films of different thickness. We found that in carbon secondary electrons are predominantly produced as a result of energy losses of about 20 eV, with an efficiency of about 5%. The escape depth of secondary electrons was also estimated to be approximately 30 Å.     

Particle acceleration by stimulated emission of radiation near a solid-state active medium

We report acceleration of electrons moving in free space near an active Nd:YAG slab. The power of a non-relativistic beam of electrons has increased by more than 30% when the medium was excited. It is demonstrated experimentally that the energy gained by the electrons is linearly proportional to the energy stored in the medium. Moreover, the energy gain traces closely the population inversion inferred by monitoring the spontaneous radiation.