Effect of a magnetic field on the ionization of atoms

The ionization probability of an atomic s state under the action of static electric and magnetic fields is calculated taking into account the Coulomb interaction between the escaping electron and the atomic core. The structure of the perturbation series for the energy of the level is investigated and the asymptotic behavior of the higher orders of the perturbation theory is found. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 63, No. 6, 398–402 (25 March 1996)     

Effect of collisional transitions on the population distributions of excited atoms in a plasma

The effect of collisional transitions on the population distribution of excited atoms has been studied by considering a plasma in which the electron density varies with time. It has been found that for highly excited states, for which the ionization rate is much larger than that of electron-density variations, the collisional transitions are not important compared with the collisional ionization and recombination processes. However, for intermediate and lower excited states, they play an important role in making the population distribution approach Saha equilibrium with the electrons.     

Effect of an axial magnetic field on a DC argon arc

In this paper a commercial CFD （computational fluid dynamics） code FLUENT has been used and modified for the axisymmetric swirl and time-dependent simulation of an atmospheric pressure argon arc in an external axial magnetic field （AMF）. The computational domain includes the arc itself and the anodic region. Numerical results demonstrate that the AMF substantially increases the tangential component of the plasma velocity. The resulting centrifugal force for the plasma rotation impels it to travel to the arc mantel and as a result, a low-pressure region appears at the arc core. With the AMF, the arc presents a hollow bell shape and correspondingly, the maximal values of the temperature, pressure and current density on the anode surface are departing from the arc centreline.     

Effect of a transverse magnetic field on breakdown time

Results are given for discharges in air and nitrogen near atmospheric pressure; the strength of the transverse magnetic field varies from 0 to 270 kOe. The results are explained in terms of the equivalent-pressure theory.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 69–74, May, 1973.     

大气压直流滑动弧等离子体工作特性研究

对大气压直流滑动弧等离子体的电参数和发射光谱进行了测量,比较研究了不同气体种类下滑动弧等离子体电压的特性.以氮气滑动弧为例,分析了其在一个周期内电弧电压、电流、电阻和功率的变化特性.通过对电弧电压信号进行快速傅里叶变换频谱分析,研究了气体种类、气体流量和外部电阻值对滑动弧等离子体脉动特性的影响.结果表明随着气流量或外部电阻值的增加,其主要脉动频率变高,电弧周期变小.利用光谱法检测了氮气、氧气和空气滑动弧等离子体的主要自由基种类,并研究了外部电阻值对发射光谱强度的影响和沿电极中轴线在337.1 nm(N关键词： 滑动弧等离子体 非平衡等离子体 脉动特性 发射光谱     

Effect of a dc magnetic field on the magnetization relaxation of uniaxial single-domain ferromagnetic particles driven by a strong ac magnetic field

The nonlinear ac stationary response of the magnetization of noninteracting uniaxial single-domain ferromagnetic particles acted on by superimposed dc and ac magnetic fields applied along the anisotropy axis is evaluated from the Fokker-Planck equation, expressed as an infinite hierarchy of recurrence equations for Fourier components of the relaxation functions governing longitudinal relaxation of the magnetization. The exact solution of this hierarchy comprises a matrix continued fraction, allowing one to evaluate the ac nonlinear response and reversal time of the magnetization. For weak ac fields, the results agree with perturbation theory. It is shown that the dc bias field changes substantially the magnetization dynamics leading to new nonlinear effects. In particular, it is demonstrated that for a nonzero bias field as the magnitude of the ac field increases the reversal time first increases and having attained its maximum at some critical value of the ac field, decreases exponentially.     

Charge-state distribution of ions in a vacuum arc discharge plasma in a high magnetic field

It is shown that the fraction of multiply charged metal ions generated in a vacuum arc discharge plasma grows substantially in a high magnetic field. This effect was observed for more than 30 different cathode materials. A relation is established between growth of the mean charge of the ions and increases in the burning voltage of the arc. It is demonstrated that the burning voltage of the vacuum arc can be ultimately increased to 160 V. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 39–43 (May 1998)     

Dusty plasma structures in magnetic fields in a dc discharge

The formation of dusty plasma structures has been experimentally investigated in a cylindrical dc discharge in axial magnetic fields up to 2500 G. The rotation of the dusty plasma structures about the discharge symmetry axis with a frequency depending on the magnetic field has been observed. When the field increases to 700 G, the displacement of dust particles from the axial region of the discharge to the periphery, along with the continuation of the rotation, has been observed. The kinetic temperatures of the dust particles, the diffusion coefficients, and the effective nonideality parameter have been determined for various magnetic fields. The explanation of the features in the behavior of the dust particles in the discharge in the magnetic field has been proposed on the basis of the analysis of ambipolar diffusion in the magnetized plasma. The maximum magnetic field at which the levitation of the dust particles in the discharge is possible has been estimated.     

Effect of a periodic magnetic field on waves in a cold plasma

The effect of a spatially-uniform periodic magnetic field on waves propagating perpendicular to it in a cold plasma is considered. Assuming that the pump field is weak, the method of multiple time scales is used to treat the problem. The results show that, unlike the pump electric field, the pump magnetic field does not produce any parametric excitation of the transverse waves, no matter what the value of the frequency mismatch is.     

Structure of an extended plasma jet in a vacuum arc in an axial magnetic field

The motion, heating, and ionization of a plasma in a ring anode vacuum arc in an axial magnetic field are studied using a quasi-one-dimensional MHD model. The region between the cathode and anode (a current-carrying plasma jet), as well as the region behind the anode (a current-free plasma jet), is considered. It is shown that, over a long portion of a current-free plasma jet, the electron density and temperature remain high and the ion charge increases substantially due to electron-impact ionization.     

Scattering of laser light from excited hydrogen atoms in a plasma

A method is described to achieve virtually full absorption of microwave power in an overdense plasma column of low collision frequency.     

磁旋转弧等离子体中的弧电压突变现象

利用光学成像系统观察到了磁旋转弧等离子体实验中的电弧电压突变现象,电弧电压突变的范围约在40～100V之间。实验结果表明,电弧电压的变化与电弧弧长的变化密切相关。     

Voltage current and power relation in an arc plasma in a variable axial magnetic field

The variation of voltage, current and output power in a mercury arc plasma has been investigated in an axial magnetic field (0–1350 G) for three values of discharge current namely 3, 4 and 5 A. The voltage increases and current decreases almost linearly and the output power also increases with increase of the magnetic field. The conductivity value in magnetic field has been calculated and an analytical expression presented to represent the variation of conductivity in the magnetic field. Utilizing this expression the variation of output power with magnetic field can be explained.     

Lorentz ionization of atoms in a strong magnetic field

Lorentz ionization emerges due to the motion of atoms or ions in a strong magnetic field. We use the semiclassical approximation to calculate the probability w _L of Lorentz ionization. We also find the stabilization factor S, which takes into account the reduction by the magnetic field of the probability of ionization decay of the bound s state. We estimate the probabilities w _L in magnetic-cumulation experiments and in astrophysics. We also qualitatively examine the dynamics of the magnetic cumulation process with allowance for the conductivity of the shell. Finally, we discuss a paradox related to the use of the quasistationary solution at the shell expansion stage. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 1642–1663 (May 1999)     

Influence of electron-density variation on the population distributions of excited atoms in a plasma

The effects of electron-density variations on population distributions of excited atomic states in a plasma have been studied. For specified conditions, an analytic expression is derived between excitation and electron temperatures. It has been found that the ratio of the ionization rate of the excited atom to the rate of electron-density variation plays an important role in the temperature difference. When this ratio is of order unity, the temperature difference is significant. However, when this ratio is large or small compared with unity, the two temperatures are nearly equal. These predictions are investigated experimentally.     

Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles by dc arc dusty plasma

In this article, we present finite cluster models of aqueous solutes [NaCl(H₂O)₁₀, NaCl(H₂O)₅, and (H₂O)₆] in terms of molecular geometry and vibrational spectra for interpretation of experimental infrared spectra of NaCl brine solutions. The quantum chemistry program GAMESS is used to optimize the model clusters to a local minimum energy gradient of less than 5.0d-6?hartrees/bohr with B3LYP in a gaussian basis of 6-31G(d,p). Harmonic frequencies are computed for comparison with the infrared spectra measured by attenuated total reflection of a temperature-controlled Ge plate under a layer of cold brine solution. The motivation for this research is to understand the mechanism by which freezing seawater excludes halide ions (mainly Cl^?) and why the O?CH stretching region of the spectra changes with temperature. Frost flowers, sea ice, and snow in marine environments contain concentrated halides in liquid brine at their surfaces which lead to catalytic destruction of low-altitude ozone in the polar regions of the Earth.