Influence of vacuum space on formation of potential sheath in plasmas

Properties of potential sheaths developed in plasmas are investigated in terms of the plasma Debye length and the dimension of vacuum space. Biased plasma potential and the potential profile depend very sensitively on the geometrical configuration of plasma and vacuum space. The potential sheath is never developed near electrodes in high-density plasmas where the Debye length is much less than the dimension of the vacuum space. In this case, most of the potential drops occur in the vacuum space and almost no electric field exists inside the plasma. Parametric investigation of the potential sheath in terms of the vacuum-space and plasma dimensions is carried out.     

电子和负离子的反射运动对碰撞电负性磁鞘的影响

研究了鞘层中电子和负离子的反射运动对碰撞电负性磁鞘玻姆判据和鞘层结构的影响.通过理论推导得到了考虑鞘层中电子和负离子的反射运动时鞘层玻姆判据表达式,并通过数值模拟得到了电子和负离子采用玻尔兹曼模型和反射运动模型时离子马赫数的下限随参数的变化曲线以及鞘层中带电粒子密度的分布曲线.结果表明,电子和负离子的反射运动模型和玻尔兹曼模型离子马赫数的上限完全相同,下限表达式不同,反射运动模型中下限还与基板电势有关,且随着基板电势值的增加而增大,达到与玻尔兹曼分布中相同值后保持不变,随着鞘边负离子浓度和温度的不同达到最大值的速度不同;离子马赫数的下限在玻尔兹曼和反射运动模型中都随鞘边负离子浓度的增加和温度的降低而减小,只是在反射运动模型中的最大值要小;两种模型中离子马赫数的下限都随鞘边电场的增加而增加,但在玻尔兹曼模型中增加得更快最终值更大;两种模型离子马赫数的下限都随碰撞参数或磁场角度的增加而降低,但在玻尔兹曼模型中降低更快,随着碰撞参数或者磁场角度的增加两种模型中离子马赫数的下限趋于一致;当基板电势值较小时,电子和负离子的反射运动对鞘层结构影响较大,当基板电势值较大时电子和负离子反射运动对鞘层中带电粒子密度分布的影响很小.     

A simplified model joining the sheath and the plasma in electronegative plasmas

An extension of the previous work which only dealt with the sheath zone is used to analyze the wall-plasma interaction in electronegative plasmas. Ionization is introduced as the presheath mechanism. This extension includes the joining of the sheath and the plasma solutions. For certain plasma parameters a stratified presheath is obtained. In this case, the plasma and the sheath solutions are matched in a very simplified way, by introducing a discontinuity in the electric field. This discontinuity is equivalent to consideration of a negatively charged layer between the presheath and the sheath. The parameter space region in which this matching should be made has been delimited. The model includes the previous one in the limiting case of no ionization.     

Dynamics of sheath evolution in magnetized charge-fluctuating dusty plasmas

The evolution of sheath in plasma contaminated with varying dust charges under the effect of an external magnetic field is studied. Study of Sagdeev potential through pseudoptential approach has been attempted with a view to deriving the sheath equation. Numerical analysis has been carried out to study the potential variation with sheath-ward distance for various plasma parameters. A unique finding of the study is that the presence of dust particles as well as the magnetic field drastically modifies the Bohm sheath criterion for plasma sheath formation as obtained earlier in unmagnetised two-component plasma. The results have more realistic interpretation in showing explicitly the interaction of magnetic field and impurity caused by dust charge variation, with the possibility of its impact in various technological applications including plasma-material interaction, material processing and electro-mechanical devices.     

Dust-ion-acoustic solitary waves in magnetized plasmas with positive and negative ions: The role of electrons superthermality

The formation of dust-ion-acoustic solitary waves (DIASWs), and their basic properties in a magnetized dusty plasma system containing inertial, hot positively and negatively charged ion fluids, κ-distributed superthermal electrons, and negatively charged stationary dust species are investigated theoretically. An ambient magnetic field is assumed along z-direction, and the wave propagation is considered obliquely to the direction of that ambient magnetic field. Two types of modes, the fast and the slow modes, are shown to exist in the linear regime. The reductive perturbation method (which is valid for small but finite amplitude DIASWs) as well as pseudo-potential approach (which is valid for arbitrary amplitude DIASWs) are employed to identify the basic properties of the DIASWs. The effects of key plasma composition parameters, namely the superthermality effect of electrons, the temperature of positive and negative ions, the number density of positive and negative ions, on the dynamics of small amplitude as well as on large amplitude DIASWs, are investigated. The influence of the obliquity parameter and the magnetic field on the propagation characteristics of DIASWs are also examined.     

Molecular-dynamics simulations of cold antihydrogen formation in strongly magnetized plasmas

Employing a high-order symplectic integrator and an adaptive time-step algorithm, we perform molecular-dynamics simulations of antihydrogen formation, in a cold plasma confined by a strong magnetic field, over time scales of microseconds. Sufficient positron-antiproton recombination events occur to allow a statistical analysis for various properties of the formed antihydrogen atoms. Giant-dipole states are formed in the initial stage of recombination. In addition to neutral atoms, we also observe antihydrogen positive ions (H(+)), in which two positrons simultaneously bind to an antiproton.     

Observations of resonant modes formation in microwave generated magnetized plasmas

Ion sources have a significant number of applications in accelerator facilities and in industrial applications. In particular, the electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS) are nowadays the most effective devices that can feed particle accelerators in a continuous and reliable way, providing high current beams of low and medium charge state ions and lower, but still remarkable, beam current for highly charged ions. In recent years several experiments have shown that the current, the charge states and even the beam shape change by slightly varying the microwave frequency (the so-called frequency tuning effect – FTE). The theoretical explanation of these results is based on the difference in the electromagnetic field pattern over the resonance surface, i.e. that region where the electrons resonantly interact with the incoming wave. In order to be consistent with the experiments, this model requires that standing waves are formed also in presence of a dense plasma. The proof was sought by means of a series of measurements performed with a network analyzer and with a plasma reactor operating at 2.45 GHz, according to the principles of the microwave discharge ion sources (MDIS). The measurements have been carried out with the aim to achieve the electromagnetic characterization of the plasma chamber in terms of possible excited resonant modes with and without plasma, and they reported that resonant modes are excited inside the cavity even in presence of a dense plasma. It was observed that the plasma dynamics strongly depends on the structure of the standing waves that are generated. The measurement of the eigen-frequencies' shifts were carried out for several values of pressure and RF power, thus linking the shift with the plasma density measured by a Langmuir probe. The changes in plasma shape, density and electron temperature have been also monitored for different operating conditions. A strong variation of plasma properties has been observed as a consequence of the introduction of the Langmuir probe inside the resonant cavity, thus demonstrating that the standing wave can be strongly perturbed even by means of relatively small metallic electrodes. The measurements reported hereinafter are relevant also for ECRIS, because they confirm the validity of the theoretical model that describes the frequency tuning.     

电负性气体的掺入对容性耦合Ar等离子体的影响

本文利用朗缪尔静电探针对掺入了电负性气体O₂, Cl₂, SF₆的由4068 MHz激发的单射频容性耦合Ar等离子体进行了诊断测量. 测量结果表明: 随着电负性气体流量的增加, 电子能量概率分布函数出现了高能峰, 高能峰且有向高能侧漂移的现象; 电负性气体掺入Ar等离子体后显著降低了等离子体的电子密度; 电子温度随着电负性气体流量比的增加而升高. 另外, 本文还测量了掺入三种电负性气体后在不同流量比下的混合气体等离子体的电负度α . 对实验现象进行了初步的解释. 关键词： 电负性等离子体 电子密度 电子温度 电负度     

Effects of magnetic field and temperature on the nonrelativistic bremsstrahlung process in magnetized anisotropic plasmas

The magnetic field and thermal effects on the nonrelativistic electron-ion bremsstrahlung process are investigated in magnetized anisotropic plasmas. The effective electron-ion interaction potential is obtained in the presence of an external magnetic field. Using the Born approximation for the initial and final states of the projectile electron, the bremsstrahlung radiation cross section and bremsstrahlung emission rate are obtained as functions of the electron energy, radiation photon energy, magnetic field strength, plasma temperature, and Debye length. It is shown that the effects of the magnetic field enhance the bremsstrahlung radiation cross section for low plasma temperatures and, however, suppress the bremsstrahlung cross section for high plasma temperatures. It is also shown that the magnetic field effects diminish the bremsstrahlung emission rate in magnetized high temperature plasmas.     

多成分电负性碰撞等离子体的鞘层玻姆判据

采用双流体模型研究了多成分的电负性碰撞等离子体鞘层的玻姆判据,讨论了一维稳态情形下不同的带电粒子对鞘层玻姆判据的影响。采用拟牛顿法,得到了数值解。结果表明：玻姆判据存在上限和下限。二次电子发射系数越大,离子的马赫数越大;负离子的含量越多,离子的马赫数越小。鞘层中离子的温度、离子与中性粒子的碰撞以及离子的带电量对玻姆判据的上下限的取值都有一定的影响。     

The formation of positive molecular ions on the surface of tantalum

The formation of positive singly charged molecular ions with the relative molecular weight 254 ± 3 on the surface of a tantalum band was studied. The ions were fixed by recording their emission at temperatures from 320 to 450°C when the band was rapidly heated. Measurements were largely performed in a vacuum, although the formation of molecular ions was also observed at atmospheric pressure in nitrogen.     

霍尔推进器中磁化二次电子对鞘层特性的影响

为进一步研究霍尔推进器壁面二次电子发射对推进器性能的影响,采用流体模型数值模拟了二次电子磁化效应的等离子体鞘层特性.得到二次电子磁化鞘层的玻姆判据.讨论了不同的磁场强度和方向、二次电子发射系数以及不同种类等离子体推进器的鞘层结构.结果表明:随器壁二次电子发射系数的增大,鞘层中粒子密度增加,器壁电势升高,鞘层厚度减小;鞘层电势及粒子密度随着磁场强度和方位角的增加而增加;而对于不同种类的等离子体,壁面电势和鞘层厚度也不同.这为霍尔推进器的磁安特性实验提供了理论解释. 关键词： 霍尔推进器 磁鞘 二次电子     

Effect of ion polarization drift on shielding and dynamical potentials in magnetized plasmas

The role of an external magnetic field via the ion polarization drift effect has been investigated theoretically on the dust-Coulomb crystal formation in a dusty plasma in the presence of continuous ion flows from the bulk plasma to the sheath. The effects of the ions polarization drift on the strength and the effective lengths of the static Debye shielding potential and the oscillatory dynamical potential are clearly demonstrated.     

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利用数值方法研究了双温离子、磁场、非均匀性和波的斜向传播对三维非线性尘埃声孤波振幅和宽度的影响。运用约化摄动法得到描述三维非线性尘埃声孤波的非标准变系数Korteweg-de Vries(KdV)方程。然后把非标准变系数KdV方程变为标准变系数KdV方程,并且得到了此标准变系数KdV方程的近似解析解。研究结果表明,此系统中存在着两种形式的孤波,即压缩型孤波和稀疏型孤波,外部磁场对三维非线性尘埃声孤波的宽度有影响,而对其振幅没有影响。此外,波的相速度与波的斜向传播和非均匀性有着非常紧密的联系。     

电磁波在非均匀磁化的等离子体鞘套中传输特性研究

采用流场模拟软件模拟了十一组分RAM-II飞行器表面等离子体鞘套的分布,提取了四个典型飞行高度、飞行状态下的等离子体鞘套的分布信息.然后根据RAM-II飞行器等离子体鞘套数据,利用计算色散介质的Z变换FDTD方法主要计算了电磁波在四个不同高度处等离子体鞘套中的功率反射系数和功率透射系数.此外,根据目前可以做出的磁场强度的大小,对四个不同高度下的非均匀等离子体鞘套层按距飞行器表面的距离进行相应的非均匀磁化.由于左旋极化波和右旋极化波在磁化等离子体中的传输特性不同,最后对比了左旋极化波、右旋极化波在非磁化和磁化情况下的传输特性,对飞行器导航通信磁窗天线的设计给出建议.