Effect of a high-frequency field on the reflection of ion acousticwaves from the sheath at a grid

Experiments are described which show that the reflection coefficient for ion acoustic waves (IAW) from the sheath at a grid is affected by an HF electric field with a frequency f_HF≲5f_pi(f_pi =ion plasma frequency). For peak-to-peak amplitudes of the HF voltage drop across the sheath Φ₀≲k_B T_e/e and f_HF>f _pi, the energy distribution of the ions passing through the grid develops a hot tail and the reflected wave suffers enhanced Landau damping. If Φ₀≳k_BT_e/e and f_HF<f_pi, a large-amplitude IAW is excited at the grid; a well-defined ion beam is formed; and local growth of the reflected wave is observed. Test waves launched from the grid show the same propagation characteristics as the reflected waves     

A slow wave free-electron laser

A simple calculation of a free-electron laser in the Compton regime that uses a dielectric-lined waveguide is presented. The introduction of a dielectric lining in a free-electron laser considerably reduces the requirements on beam voltage for generating a given frequency ω₁=k₀c/(1 - v_b η/c), where k₀ is the wiggler wave period η is the effective index of refraction (1<η<√ϵ) and ϵ is the permittivity. The system supports electromagnetic waves whose Poynting flux is largely concentrated in the dielectric; hence the electron beam is required to propagate close to the dielectric lining. The mode structure and dispersion behavior of the guiding system without the beam are discussed. a thin annular beam is introduced, and a perturbation theory is used to obtain the frequency and growth rate of radiation     

Analytic expression for the electric potential in the plasma sheath

An expression for the spatial dependence of the electric potential in a collisionless and source-free planar plasma sheath is presented. This expression is derived by analogy with Child's law and approaches Child's law asymptotically as the potential drop φ_W across the sheath becomes large, |eφ_W/kT_e|>10⁴. Here k is Boltzmann's constant, T_e is the electron temperature, and e is the electronic charge. Comparison with numerical solutions of the model equations indicates that the sheath thickness and potential variation predicted by this improved Child's law are accurate for |eφ_W/kT_e|>10. In contrast, the authors find that Child's law is accurate only when |e φ_W/kT_e|>10⁴     

Relativistic harmonic content of nonlinear electromagnetic waves inunderdense plasmas

The relativistic harmonic content of large-amplitude electromagnetic waves propagating in underdense plasmas is investigated. The steady-state harmonic content of nonlinear linearly polarized waves is calculated for both the very underdense (w_p/w ₀)≪1 and critical density (w_p/w₀)≃1 limits. For weak nonlinearities, eE₀/mcω₀<1, the nonlinear source term for the third harmonic is derived for arbitrary w_p/w₀. Arguments are given for extending these results for arbitrary wave amplitudes. It is also shown that the use of the variable x-ct and the quasi-static approximation leads to errors in both magnitude and sign when calculating the third harmonic. In the absence of damping or density gradients the third harmonic's amplitude is found to oscillate between zero and twice the steady-state value. Preliminary PIC simulation results are presented. The simulation results are in basic agreement with the uniform plasma predictions for the third-harmonic amplitude. However, the higher harmonics are orders of magnitude larger than expected and the presence of density ramps significantly modifies the results     

Competition of modes resonant with arbitrary cyclotron harmonics ina gyrotron with nonfixed axial structure of the high-frequencyfield

A general theory is developed for self-consistent calculations of mode competition in a gyrotron with nonfixed axial structure of the RF field for arbitrary cyclotron harmonics. The theory is applied to the gyrotron operating at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe with a frequency of 150 GHz. The formalism presented allows a self-consistent calculation of mode competition for the operating and parasitic modes at the cyclotron resonance at arbitrary harmonics. Specific calculations are carried out for the cases n₀=1, n₁ =2 and n₀=2, n₁=1. It is emphasized that the formalism considered applies only to the case in which the azimuthal orthogonality condition is satisfied: n₀m₁≠n₁ m₀. There are circumstances when this condition is not satisfied     

The type and extent of non-LTE in argon arcs at 0.1-10 bar

A 30-A, 3-mm-diameter, wall-stabilized argon arc with 1% hydrogen is examined spectrometrically at pressures of 0.1-10 bar. Values of T_g, and T_exa diverge as pressure decreases below 5 bar (n_e⩽1×10¹⁷ cm^-3) at r=0. T_exβ is 20-40% larger than the other temperatures. The results are dependent on the transition probability scale used     

Free electron laser pumped by a powerful traveling electromagneticwave

A three-wave free-electron laser (FEL) was operated with a powerful 8.4-GHz electromagnetic pump wave replacing the usual magnetostatic wiggler. The presence of a uniform axial magnetic field B₀ produced cyclotron-harmonic idler waves. Peaks in the emission spectrum corresponding to cyclotron harmonics were observed covering a frequency range from 16.5 to 130 GHz. The frequency spectrum of this novel FEL mechanism was tuned continuously by the variation of B₀     

一个新的自由能函数对介电高弹薄膜的多组等双轴预拉伸下力电耦合实验的预测

当介电高弹聚合物薄膜被施以面内等双轴预拉伸后, 受到厚度方向的电压作用时, 薄膜在力场和电场共同作用下产生大变形. 电场采用Maxwell应力分析, 力场采用橡胶弹性模型分析. 拟合这类变形的常用橡胶弹性模型主要有Neo-Hookean, Arruda-Boyce, Gent等模型. 这些模型对实验数据的定量拟合存在不同程度的偏差. 通过对实验数据的分析, 结合数学方法, 提出了一个新的自由能函数模型. 通过该模型对VHB4905介电高弹聚合物薄膜的多组等双轴预拉伸电力耦合实验进行拟合, 并以Neo-Hookean, Gent模型作为对照, 结果与实验数据拟合很好, 比对照模型的偏差明显缩小.     

Stimulated acceleration and confinement of deuterons in focuseddischarges. II

For pt.I see ibid., vol.16, no.3, p.368-73, June 1988. Methods of increasing, by a factor greater than five, the neutron yield/short Y _n from D-D fusion reactions in a plasma focus (PF) enhance both the D⁺-ion acceleration to energy values E _d>1-8 MeV and the ion confinement in the pinch region. Nuclear activation of C and N in the (doped) filling gas of the discharge chamber and of solid targets of C and BN bombarded by the ion beam in the direction of the electrode axis (0°) confirms earlier determination of the energy spectrum of the trapped ions (dφ_t/dE∝φ_0tE ^-m) and of the ejected beam (dφ_b/dE∝φ_0bE _d^-m, m=2.5±0.5 for 0.1 MeV≲E≲3 MeV). A Thomson (parabola) spectrometer with nanosecond time resolution determines the time of emission t( E) of the beam at 0°. Ion acceleration and trapping occur within the small (filamentary) elements of the magnetic fine structure of the pinch, which can be dispersed on a relatively large confinement volume after the pinch disintegration. It has been found that φ_t/φ_b≳10-10³ for E_d≳1 MeV, depending on Y_n     

Recombination lasing in heliumlike silicon: a possible path to thewater window

A major goal of current X-ray laser research is the achievement of gain in the 23.3-43.7 Å wavelength region, known as the `water window'. Silicon is the lowest atomic number element for which all the heliumlike 3-2 transitions lie in this region. The authors examine the fundamental kinetics of recombination lasing in this species, and conclude that the Si XIII 1s3d¹D ₂-1s2p¹P₁ line at 39.1 Å is an attractive candidate for recombination-pumped lasing. Attainment of gain in this line is somewhat more energetically favorable than for the hydrogenic Al XIII 3-2 transitions, but radiative trapping may be somewhat more troublesome than for H-like Al     

Computation of the electric and magnetic fields induced in a plasmacreated by ionization lasting a finite interval of time

S.C. Wilks et al. (1988) showed that when an infinite expanse of gas, carrying a linearly polarized electromagnetic wave, is instantly ionized, the initial wave is frequency upshifted. This phenomenon of frequency upconversion through flash ionization gives rise to steady-state transmitted and reflected electromagnetic waves and to a time-independent magnetic field. The case in which the final state of ionization is achieved not instantly but in a finite turn-on time, 0⩽t⩽t 0, which is followed by the steady state, is studied. It is shown that the electric field is obtained from the one-dimensional Helmholtz equation, d²F(t)/dt² +ω₀²g(t)F( t)=0, if electrons are born at rest when they are created during ionization. As a result, the instantaneous frequency of the upshifted radiation is ω(t)=√g(t). The electric field can be solved exactly for specific choices of g(t). It is solved using WKB approximations for arbitrary g(t). The magnetic field is then found by integrating Faraday's law. It is found that the steady-state electric field amplitude depends on the steady-state value o f g(t) but does not depend on the ionization time t₀. Conversely, the static magnetic field amplitude decreases with increasing turn-on time     

Structure of the Si(011)-(16 × 2) surface and hydrogen desorption kinetics investigated using temperature-programmed desorption

D₂ temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) was used to probe the structure of the Si(011)-(16 × 2) surface. Deuterium was adsorbed at 200°C to coverages θ_D ranging up to complete saturation (approximately 1.1 ML) and the sample heated at 5°C s⁻¹. TPD spectra exhibited three second-order desorption peaks labelled β₂, β*₁ and β₁ centered at 430, 520 and 550°C. Of the proposed models for the Si(011)-(16 × 2) reconstruction, the present TPD results as a function of θ_D provide support for the adatom/dimer model with the β₂ peak assigned to D₂ desorption from the dihydride phase, while the β*₁ and β₁ peaks arise from adatom and surface-atom monohydride phases.     

AlH~+离子5个Λ-S态和10个?态的光谱性质以及激光冷却的理论研究

利用考虑Davidson修正的内收缩多参考组态相互作用(icMRCI+Q)方法结合相关一致基组aug-ccpV6Z计算了AlH~+离子前两个离解极限对应的5个Λ-S态和10个?态的势能曲线.为了提高势能曲线的可靠性和精确性,计算中考虑了自旋轨道耦合效应、芯电子价电子相关和标量相对论修正以及将势能外推至完全基组极限.基于得到的势能曲线,获得了束缚和准束缚的4个Λ-S态和8个?态的光谱常数和振动能级,与已有的实验结果符合.计算了2(1/2)→X~2Σ_(1/2)~+和A~2Π_(3/2)→X~2Σ_(1/2)~+跃迁的跃迁偶极距.利用计算的精确的势能曲线和跃迁偶极矩,获得了2(1/2)~(第一势阱)(υ′=0, 1)→X~2Σ_(1/2)~+(υ′′)和A~2Π_(3/2)(υ′=0, 1)→X~2Σ_(1/2)~+(υ′′)跃迁的高度对角化分布的Franck-Condon因子(f_(00)和f_(11))和大的振动分支比;预测了2(1/2)~(第一势阱)(υ′=0, 1)和A~2Π_(3/2)(υ′=0, 1)态短的自发辐射寿命和窄的辐射宽度,这适合于AlH~+离子的快速激光致冷.所需的3束激光冷却波长都在紫外区域.这些结果表明了激光冷却AlH~+离子的可行性.此外,评估了自旋轨道耦合效应对光谱常数、振动能级和激光冷却AlH~+离子的影响.     

Kinetic Simulation of Fractal Aggregation on Liquid Surfaces

A modified fractal growth model based on the deposition, diffusion, and aggregation (DDA) with cluster rotation is presented to simulate two-dimensional fractal aggregation on liquid surfaces. The mobility (including diffusion and rotation) of clusters is related to its mass, which is given by D_m=D₀ s^-γ_D and θ_m=θ₀s^-γ_θ, respectively. We concentrate on revealing the details of the influence of deposition flux F, cluster diffusion factor γ_D and cluster rotation factor γ_θ on the dynamics of fractal aggregation on liquid surfaces. It is shown that the morphologies of clusters and values of cluster density and fractal dimension depend dramatically on the deposition flux and migration factors of clusters.     

An analysis of the folded waveguide: a compact waveguide launcherfor ICRF heating

Theoretical and experimental investigations of the folded waveguide launcher as proposed for use in the ion-cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) heating of tokamak plasmas are presented. Theoretical results include an analysis of the folded waveguide using Ritz's method to obtain various field quantities. The cutoff wavenumbers from this analysis are within 10% of those calculated using an unfolded equivalent rectangular waveguide model. Measurements of cavity resonances for a scale-model ICRF-folded waveguide with a cutoff frequency of 2.4 GHz also agree closely with those calculated using an unfolded equivalent model. An unfolded equivalent waveguide model is used to evaluate the properties of an inductive strip placed in the folded waveguide. Applying variational analyses provides upper and lower bounds to the reflection magnitude |S₁₁| that are in good agreement with measured values. Polarizing plates (which have been proposed to increase the on-axis directivity of the radiated power) are modeled using an unfolded equivalent waveguide. A variational analysis is used to determine an upper-bound value of |S₁₁| in air due to a polarizing plate inside a matched folded waveguide. Measured values are found to be within 3% of the calculated values, with |S₁₁|>0.95 for frequencies between 2.5 and 4.5 GHz     

Validity conditions for complete and partial local thermodynamicequilibrium of nonhydrogenic level systems and their application tocopper vapor arcs in vacuum

Validity conditions for complete and partial local thermodynamic equilibrium (CLTE and PLTE) of homogeneous, time-dependent, and optically thin plasmas are derived. For Cu I, electron densities of n_e⩾(5×10²²-5×10²³ ) m^-3 are required for the establishment of CLTE. For Cu I and Cu II, n_e⩾(5×10²¹-5×10²¹ -5×10²²) m^-3 is necessary for PLTE (for electron temperatures of 1-2 eV). Application to low-current copper vapor arcs in vacuum shows that CLTE can be expected for r<200-600 μm (r=distance from the cathode spot). A further limitation follows for temperatures of 2 eV or higher if diffusion effects are taken into consideration. Consequently, the use of the LTE formulas in plasma spectroscopy of low-current vacuum arcs is very limited     

Parasitic oscillation in and suppression of a gyrotron backwardwave mode in a low-Q 8 GHz gyrotron

The parasitic oscillation of the TE°₂₁ gyrotron backward-wave (gyro BW) mode is observed in a low-Q, 8 GHz TE°₀₁₁, gyrotron. At low power (P_BW<5 kW), the oscillation of the gyro BW mode, simultaneously with the gyrotron mode, results in a maximum TE°₀₁₁, mode efficiency of less than 0.25. The parasitic oscillation is suppressed by operating the gyrotron with a negative magnetic field gradient along the electron beam, which allows the maximum efficiency to reach 0.40 and the output power to be multiplied by a factor varying from 1.4 to 1.7. The optimum efficiency curve of the TE°₀₁₁ mode indicates that the low-Q cavity behaves as a much higher Q_diff cavity. Excessive values of magnetic field gradient and α favor the TE°₀₁₂ , longitudinal mode, which oscillates in place of the TE°₀₁₁ mode and limits its maximum output power. This competitive process is responsible for the high-Q-like behavior of the optimum efficiency curve     

A Compact Exponential Operator for Generating Rotating and Squeezing Transformations

We point out that the compact exponential operator V≡exp[-i(λ₁Q²-λ₂P²)/2] (where λ₁, λ₂ are real;P and Q are momentum and coordinate operators, respectively;the units of h=m=ω=l is taken, m and ω are harmonic oscillator's mass and'frequency, respectively) is a generalized single-mode squeeze operator which can generate mixed squeezing and rotating transformations. The decomposition of V as a product of a squeeze operator and a rotating operator is derived through the technique of integration within an ordered product.The fluctuation in quadrature phases for the squeezed vacuum state generated by V is analyzed.     

Acoustic double layers in multispecies plasma

Particle simulation in a one-dimensional bounded system is used to examine the formation of acoustic double layers in the presence of two ion species. Double-layer formation depends critically on the details of the distribution functions of the supporting ion populations, and their relative drifts with respect to the electrons. The effect of having two ion components, an H⁺ and an O⁺ beam, on double-layer evolution from ion acoustic turbulence driven by an electron drift relative to the H⁺ beam of ≈0.5u _e, where uu_e is the electron thermal speed, is examined. The ratio of ion drifts is taken to be consistent with acceleration by a quasi-static auroral potential drop (i.e. V _H/V_O=√M_O/ M_H=4.0). Acoustic double layers form in either ion species on the time scale τ≈100ω_ps^-1, where ω_ps is the ion plasma frequency for species `s' and s=H or O, and for drifts relative to the electrons lower than that required for double layer formation in simulations of single ion component plasma     

The Plateau and Symmetrical Structure of Lyapunov Exponents in 2-Dimensional Homogeneous. Dissipative Map

The universal crossover behavior of Lyapunov exponents in transition from conservative limit to dissipative limit of dynamical system is studied. We discover numerically and prove analytically that for homogeneous dissipative two-dimensional maps, along the equal dissipation line in parameter space, two Lyapunov exponents λ₁ and λ₂ of periodic orbits possess a plateau structure, and around this exponent plateau value, there is a strict symmetrical relation between λ₁ and λ₂ no matter whether the orbit is periodic, quasiperiodic, or chaotic.The method calculating stable window and Lyapunov exponent plateau widths is given. For Hénon map and 2-dimensional circle map, the analytical and numerical results of plateau structure of Lyapunov exponents for period-1,2 and 3 orbits are presented.