Effect of electron magnetic trapping in a plasma immersion ion implantation system

In this work we describe a two-dimensional computer simulation of magnetic field enhanced plasma immersion implantation system. Negative bias voltage of 10.0 kV is applied to a cylindrical target located on the axis of a grounded vacuum chamber filled with uniform nitrogen plasma. A pair of external coils creates a static magnetic field with main vector component along the axial direction. Thus, a system of crossed E×B field is generated inside the vessel forcing plasma electrons to rotate in azimuthal direction. In addition, the axial variation of the magnetic field intensity produces magnetic mirror effect that enables axial particle confinement. It is found that high-density plasma regions are formed around the target due to intense background gas ionization by the trapped electrons. Effect of the magnetic field on the sheath dynamics and the implantation current density of the PIII system is investigated. By changing the magnetic field axial profile (varying coils separation) an enhancement of about 30% of the retained dose can be achieved. The results of the simulation show that the magnetic mirror configuration brings additional benefits to the PIII process, permitting more precise control of the implanted dose.     

Dielectric constant of an ultrarelativistic plasma

An analytic expression is derived for the longitudinal dielectric constant _l of an isotropic collisionless high-temperature plasma which is valid for the entire range of phase velocities in which there is no Landau damping or it is exponentially small. This expression contains the formulas for _l given in the papers of Silin and Mikhailovskii as limiting cases. Numerical calculations for the temperatures 10 mc² and 100 mc² are illustrated graphically.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 57–60, September, 1982.     

质子束尾波场中利用密度跃变实现电子捕获及加速的粒子模拟

 用2D3V粒子模拟程序研究了高能质子束驱动的尾波场加速电子的方案,及其在此方案中应用背景等离子体密度的跃变致使等离子体电子自注入加速相区的可能性。粒子模拟结果显示:密度跃变实现了电子的自注入,并且捕获的电子束处于加速相位,等离子体尾波场纵向电场对捕获的电子束起箍缩作用;捕获的电子束随着传输,表现为窄能谱分布;同时随着密度跃变大小的增大,可以增加等离子体电子的捕获。     

质子束尾波场中利用密度跃变实现电子捕获及加速的粒子模拟

用2D3V粒子模拟程序研究了高能质子束驱动的尾波场加速电子的方案,及其在此方案中应用背景等离子体密度的跃变致使等离子体电子自注入加速相区的可能性。粒子模拟结果显示:密度跃变实现了电子的自注入,并且捕获的电子束处于加速相位,等离子体尾波场纵向电场对捕获的电子束起箍缩作用;捕获的电子束随着传输,表现为窄能谱分布;同时随着密度跃变大小的增大,可以增加等离子体电子的捕获。     

Plasma electron trapping and acceleration in a plasma wake field using a density transition

A new scheme for plasma electron injection into an acceleration phase of a plasma wake field is presented. In this scheme, a single, short electron pulse travels through an underdense plasma with a sharp, localized, downward density transition. Near this transition, a number of background plasma electrons are trapped in the plasma wake field, due to the rapid wavelength increase of the induced wake wave in this region. The viability of this scheme is verified using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. To investigate the trapping and acceleration mechanisms further, a 1D Hamiltonian analysis, as well as 1D simulations, has been performed, with the results presented and compared.     

Spin-polarized transient electron trapping in phosphorus-doped silicon

Experimental evidence of electron spin precession during travel through the phosphorus-doped Si channel of an all-electrical device simultaneously indicates two distinct processes: (i) short time scales (≈50 ps) due to purely conduction-band transport from injector to detector and (ii) long time scales (≈1 ns) originating from delays associated with capture or reemission in shallow impurity traps. The origin of this phenomenon, examined via temperature, voltage, and electron density dependence measurements, is established by means of a comparison to a numerical model and is shown to reveal the participation of metastable excited states in the phosphorus-impurity spectrum. This work therefore demonstrates the potential to make the study of macroscopic spin transport relevant to the quantum regime of individual spin interactions with impurities as envisioned for quantum information applications.     

Collective deceleration of ultrarelativistic nuclei and creation of quark-gluon plasma

We propose a unified space-time picture of baryon stopping and quark-gluon plasma creation in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. It is assumed that the highly Lorentz contracted nuclei are decelerated by the coherent color field which is formed between them after they pass through each other. This process continues until the field is neutralized by the Schwinger mechanism. Conservation of energy and momentum allow us to calculate the energy losses of the nuclear slabs and the initial energy density of the quark-gluon plasma.     

Experimental observation of radiation from cherenkov wakes in a magnetized plasma

A proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates the generation of radiation from the Cherenkov wake excited by an ultrashort- and ultrahigh-power pulse laser in a perpendicularly magnetized plasma. The frequency of the radiation is in the millimeter range (up to 200 GHz). The intensity of the radiation is proportional to the magnetic field intensity as expected by theory. Polarization of the emitted radiation is also detected. The difference in the frequency of the emitted radiation between these experiments and previous theory can be explained by the electrons' oscillation in the electric field of a narrow column of ions in the focal region.     

混沌动力学方法在等离子体尾迹流场研究中的应用

用混沌动力学方法对多道扫描静电探针的离子饱和电流信号进行分析,研究了等离子体尾迹流场.通过对相关维、Renyi熵和最大Lyapunov指数的分析,得到了近尾流场的分层结构.利用最大Lyapunov指数,观测到了在x>10D以后的远尾流场与自由流场相似.结合探针信号的自相关函数,研究流场湍流结构,发现近尾可能存在大涡拟序结构,而在远尾则没有湍流.观察到了流场具有一定的间歇特征,认为这种间歇性与湍流有关.结果还表明,混沌动力学的分析方法对信号中非周期成分十分敏感,在研究等离子体尾迹流场这一类非线性系统时,它具有明显的优越性 关键词： 混沌动力学 尾迹 等离子体湍流 静电探针     

Excitation of wake-fields in an electron-positron plasma by an ultrarelativistic proton beam

The excitation of one-dimensional nonlinear relativistic wake-waves in an electron-positron plasma by an ultrarelativistic proton beam is discussed on the basis of a self-consistent analytical model. It is shown that in contrast to a common plasma with heavy ions these waves are have an oscillation character at any ratio of the beam density and that of the electron-positron plasma.     

An exact solution for the motion of an ultrarelativistic electron in a tapered undulator

The equations of motion of an ultrarelativistic (i.e., moving at a speed very close to the speed of light) electron are solved for the one-dimensional motion in the combined fields of a circularly-polarised tapered undulator and a circularly-polarised electromagnetic plane wave, for a special choice of the profile of tapering. The features of an undulator built with this particular profile are investigated, as well as the possibilities to use this solution as a starting point for the approximate analysis of different profiles.     

Baryon deceleration and partonic plasma creation by strong chromofields in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

Strong chromofields generated at early stages of ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions may explain not only creation of the quark-gluon plasma but also collective deceleration of net baryons. This is demonstrated by solving classical equations of motion for baryonic slabs under the action of a time-dependent chromofield. We have studied sensitivity of the slab trajectories and their final rapidities to the initial strength and decay time of the chromofield, as well as to the back reaction of the produced plasma. By proper choice of the initial chromofield energy density we can reproduce significant baryon stopping, an average rapidity loss of about two units, observed for Au + Au collisions at RHIC. Using a Bjorken-like hydrodynamical model with the particle production source, we also study the evolution of partonic plasma produced as the result of the chromofield decay. Due to the delayed formation and expansion of plasma its maximum energy density is significantly lower than the initial energy density of the chromofield. It is shown that the fluctuations of the chromofield due to the stochastic distribution of color charges help to populate the midrapidity region in the net-baryon distribution. To fit the midrapidity data we need the chromofields with initial energy densities in the range of 30 to 60 GeV/fm³. Predictions of baryon stopping for Pb + Pb collisions at LHC energies are made.