Two-tone ion-acoustic waves in degenerate quantum plasma

Ion-acoustic waves (IAWs) in a quantum electron-ion plasma with degenerate components are theoretically investigated using a system of quantum equations of gas dynamics that allow for the quantum-size character of the object (Bohm’s quantum force is included in the equation of motion) and the Pauli exclusion principle (equations of state for degenerate Fermi gases of electrons and ions are used). Linear analysis and numerical solution of equations yielded an identical qualitative result: periodic IAWs in a quantum electron-ion plasma are always a superposition of two waves with equal phase velocities but different wavelengths. The high-frequency component of the IAW is identified with free quantum oscillations of ions. A solution in the form of an ion-sound soliton with free quantum oscillations of ions superposed on its profile is also found.     

Resistive Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron Instability in Plasmas

The stability of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves propagating obliquely with respect to the background magnetic field is studied for collisional, fully-ionized plasmas in which there is a relative field-aligned streaming between electrons and ions. It is found that electron-ion collisions, in conjunction with electron streaming, provides a mechanism for instability. The role of electron streaming is to supply a source of free energy and the role of electron-ion collisions is to restrict the field-aligned mobility of the electrons, thus preventing them from establishing a Boltzmann equilibrium. Ion-ion collisions and finite ion Larmor radius are found to exert a stabilizing influence. The instability is analyzed for both current-carrying plasmas and counterstreaming-beam-plasma systems.     

Effect of electron-ion collision on the ion-acoustic solitary wave in a relativistic plasma

Summary We have considered the effect of electron-ion collision on the structure of the solitary wave in a relativistic unmagnetized plasma. In the present analysis we have considered ions to be cold, the electrons hot. The equation obtained for ion velocity is not the usual KdV type but a perturbed version of it, where the perturbing term is proportional to the electron-ion collision frequency. Lastly we have used the method of Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky to study the change in the solitary-wave profile due to this perturbation.     

Anomalous heat flux inhibition under high frequency radiation pulse absorption in electron-ion collisions

Anomalous heat flux inhibition under high frequency radiation pulse absorption in electron-ion collisions is revealed for plasma with multiply charged ions. The inhibition takes place in time moments greater than momentum relaxation time, but less than energy relaxation time of the electrons, which give main contribution to the heat flux value.     

Electron-ion collision integral in a strong magnetic field

Boltzmann’s collision integral is extended to the case of helical (Larmor) particle trajectories in a magnetic field of arbitrary strength. The main characteristics of collisions of electrons with positively charged ions in strong magnetic fields, where the Larmor radius of electrons becomes less than the characteristic impact parameter of close collisions in the absence of a magnetic field (Landau’s parameter), are investigated. The differential scattering cross section and the corresponding electron-ion collision integral in strong fields are found. The transport collision frequencies are calculated, and the results are compared with the similar quantities for weaker magnetic fields.     

Ion acceleration by superintense laser pulses in plasmas

Ion acceleration by petawatt laser radiation in underdense and overdense plasmas is studied with 2D3V-PIC (Particle in Cell) numerical simulations. These simulations show that the laser pulse drills a channel through the plasma slab, and electrons and ions expand in vacuum. Fast electrons escape first from the electron-ion cloud. Later, ions gain a high energy on account of the Coulomb explosion of the cloud and the inductive electric field which appears due to fast change of the magnetic field generated by the laser pulse. Similarly, when a superintense laser pulse interacts with a thin slab of overdense plasma, its ponderomotive pressure blows all the electrons away from a finite-diameter spot on the slab. Then, due to the Coulomb explosion, ions gain an energy as high as 1 GeV. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 70, No. 2, 80–86 (25 July 1999) Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.     

Fundamentals and applications of ion-ion plasmas

Ion-ion plasmas can form in the late afterglow of pulsed discharges or downstream of continuous wave discharges in electronegative gases. In ion-ion plasmas, negative ions replace electrons as the negative charge carriers. In the absence of electrons, ion-ion plasmas behave quite differently compared to conventional electron-ion plasmas. Application of a radio frequency bias to a substrate immersed in an ion-ion plasma can be used to extract alternately positive and negative ions, thereby minimizing charging on device features during micro-device fabrication. Ion-ion plasmas are also important in negative ion sources, dusty plasmas, and the D-layer of the earth's atmosphere.     

Kinetic instability of twisted ion-acoustic mode with superthermal species of plasma

The electrostatic twisted ion-acoustic waves with finite orbital angular momentum states and associated kinetic instability are investigated in an electron-ion plasma. The plasma consisting of superthermal electrons and ions is modeled by using a non-gyrotropic Kappa distribution function in which the free energy source for wave excitation is provided by the relative directed motion of streaming electrons with respect to the ions. In the frame work of kinetic theory, the Vlasov-Poisson equations are employed to derive the expressions for dispersion relation and Landau damping rate under paraxial approximation. The results are analyzed for threshold condition of wave dispersion and instability growth rate in the presence of helical electric field structure. The relevance of study to the observed situations is also described.     

Effect of external magnetic field on nonlinear propagation of cylindrical magnetoacoustic soliton waves in quantum plasma

The propagation of magnetoacoustic solitary waves is investigated in magnetized quantum plasma consisting of cold ions and hot electrons. By using the quantum magnetohydrodynamic (QMHD) model, the nonlinear characteristics of different features of solitary waves in an electron-ion quantum magnetoplasma are investigated. Magnetoacoustic solitary waves are stationary solutions of the equations composed of the nonlinear mass and momentum continuity, together with the Maxwell's equations. The important quantum-mechanical effects including the quantum statistical and diffraction are examined numerically on the profiles of the solitons. It is found that the non-dimensional characteristic of the quantum parameter plays a significant role in the formation of the solitons.     

Influence of magnetic fields on electron-Ion recombination at very low energies

Radiative recombination (inverse photoionization) is believed to be well understood since the beginning of quantum mechanics. Still, modern experiments consistently reveal excess recombination rates at very low electron-ion center-of-mass energies. In a detailed study on recombination of F6+ and C6+ ions with magnetically guided electrons we explored the yet unexplained rate enhancement, its dependence on the magnetic field B, the electron density n(e), and the beam temperatures T( perpendicular) and T( ||). The excess scales as T(-1/2)( perpendicular) and, surprisingly, as T(-1/2)( ||), increases strongly with B, and is insensitive to n(e). This puts strong constraints on explanations of the enhancement.     

THE CROSS-FIELD STREAMING INSTABILITY WITH ANISOTROPIC TEMPERATURE

A general dispersion relation is derived.for the plasma with unmaqnetized ions and magnetized electrons with anisotropic temperature.Numerical results are presented for the case in which the relative electron-ion cross-field velocity exceeds greatly the Alfven speed of the plasma.The threshold of the instability becomes lower when the ratio of the parallel electron temperature to the perpendicular one increases slightly about unity.The peak growth rates can be considerably larger for the anisotropic temperature.     

Magnetism of singlet-singlet ions coupled to itinerant electrons: application to PrFe2

The combined role of crystal field, intraband and electron-ion exchange in determining the magnetic behaviour of a system composed of singlet-singlet localized ions and conduction electrons is investigated. A parametric study of the model is performed for the temperature dependence of electronic and ionic magnetisations, inverse-susceptibilities and magnetic specific heats. An application of the model for the case of PrFe₂ is performed in relation to the temperature dependence of magnetisation.     

Unstable mode of ion-acoustic waves with two temperature q-nonextensive distributed electrons

The linear characteristics of the unstable mode of ion-acoustic waves are examined in an electrostatic electron-ion plasma composed of streaming hot electrons, non-streaming cold electrons and dynamical positive ions. The plasma under consideration is modeled by using a non-gyrotropic nonextensive q-distribution function in which the free energy source for wave excitation is provided by the relative directed motion of streaming hot electrons with respect to the other plasma species. In the frame work of kinetic model, a linearized set of Vlasov–Poisson's equations are solved to obtain the analytical expressions for dispersion relation and Landau damping rate. The threshold condition for the unstable ionacoustic wave is derived to assess the stability of the wave in the presence of nonextensive effects. Growth in the wave spectrum and nontrivial effects of q-nonextensive parameter on the ion-acoustic waves can be of interest for the readers in the regions of Saturns' s magnetosphere.     

Electrostatic sheath at the boundary of a collisional dusty plasma

Considering the Boltzmann response of the ions and electrons in plasma dynamics and inertial dynamics of the dust charged grains in a highly collisional dusty plasma, the nature of the electrostatic potential near a boundary is investigated. Based on the fluid approximation, the formation as well as the characteristic behaviours of the sheath is studied. It is expected that the presence of dust charged grains will lead to a very different behaviour of the sheath as compared to that of electron-ion plasma. Moreover, the collisions of the dust charged grains with the neutrals are expected to exhibit novel features.     

Quantum corrections and bound-state effects in the energy relaxation of hot dense hydrogen

Simple analytic formulas for energy relaxation (ER) in electron-ion systems, with quantum corrections, ion dynamics, and RPA-type screening are presented. ER in the presence of bound electrons is examined in view of recent simulations for ER in hydrogen in the range 10{20}-10{24} electrons/cc.     

Observation of trielectronic recombination in Be-like Cl ions

Recombination involving the core excitation of two electrons, which may be termed trielectronic recombination, has been experimentally identified for the first time. Using Cl13+ ions circulating in the TSR heavy-ion storage ring, we have observed surprisingly strong low-energy trielectronic recombination resonances, comparable to the dielectronic process. At higher electron-ion collision energies, trielectronic recombination is suppressed due to the autoionization of the triply excited intermediate state into excited final states. The formation of the intermediate state depends sensitively on configuration mixing, making trielectronic recombination a challenge to atomic-structure calculations.     

电子-离子碰撞对超热电子影响的PIC模拟计算

超热电子-离子的产生和输运在传统的ICF方案和“快点火”方案中都是很重要的问题.讨论了电子-离子碰撞对参量不稳定性产生超热电子的过程和超热电子输运过程的影响.指出电子-离子弱碰撞项的加入增强了碰撞吸收,提高了热电子温度,降低了静电波破裂时的场能.这些改变了超热电子的总能量和分布,使之更集中于静电波的相速;电子-离子碰撞的存在还增强了自洽电场,阻碍了超热电子的输运,同样也是超热电子能量下降的原因之一.同时,为确保计算结果的可靠,讨论了初条件对PIC模拟计算的影响,指出空间位置随机热启动容易引入非物理因素,对 关键词：     

Recombination of electrons with highly charged heavy ions at very low energies

Recombination of highly charged ions with free electrons is studied in merged-beams experiments at the UNILAC accelerator in Darmstadt and at the heavy-ion storage ring TSR in Heidelberg. Unexpected high recombination rates are observed for a number of ions at very low energiesE _cm in the electron-ion center-of-mass frame. In particular, theoretical estimates for radiative recombination are dramatically exceeded by the experimental recombination rates of U²⁸⁺ ions nearE _cm=0 eV. The observations point to a general phenomenon in electron ion recombination depending onE _cm, on the ion charge state, and possibly also on electron density, electron beam temperature, and strength of external magnetic fields.     

Distribution and evolution of electrons in a cluster plasma created by a laser pulse

We analyze the properties and the character of the evolution of an electron subsystem of a large cluster (with a number of atoms n～10⁴?10⁶) interacting with a short laser pulse of high intensity (10¹⁷?10¹⁹ W/cm²). As a result of ionization in a strong laser field, cluster atoms are converted into multicharged ions, part of the electrons being formed leaves the cluster, and the other electrons move in a self-consistent field of the charged cluster and the laser wave. It is shown that electron-electron collisions are inessential both during the cluster irradiation by the laser pulse and in the course of cluster expansion; the electron distribution in the cluster therefore does not transform into the Maxwell distribution even during cluster expansion. During cluster expansion, the Coulomb field of a cluster charge acts on cluster ions more strongly than the pressure resulting from electron-ion collisions. In addition, bound electrons remain inside the cluster in the course of its expansion, and cluster expansion therefore does not lead to additional cluster ionization.     

Laser-induced electron--ion recombination used to study enhanced spontaneous recombination during electron cooling

Spontaneous recombination of highly charged ions with free electrons in merged velocity matched electron and ion beams has been observed in earlier experiments to occur at rates significantly higher than predicted by theoretical estimates. To study this enhanced spontaneous recombination, laser induced recombination spectra were measured both in velocity matched beams and in beams with well defined relative velocities, corresponding to relative electron-ion detuning energies ranging from 1 meV up to 6.5 meV where the spontaneous recombination enhancement was found to be strongly reduced. Based on a comparison with simplified calculations, the development of the recombination spectra for decreasing detuning energies indicates additional contributions at matched velocities which could be related to the energy distribution of electrons causing the spontaneous recombination rate enhancement. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.