High and low frequency relaxation oscillations in a capacitive discharge plasma

Both high and low frequency relaxation oscillations have been observed in an argon capacitive discharge connected to a peripheral grounded chamber through a slot with dielectric spacers. The oscillations, observed from time-varying optical emission of the main discharge chamber, show, for example, a high frequency （46 kHz） relaxation oscillation at 100 mTorr, with an absorbed power near the peripheral breakdown, and a low frequency （2.7-3.7 Hz） oscillation, at a higher absorbed power. The high frequency oscillation is found to ignite a plasma in the slot, but usually not in the periphery. The high frequency oscillation is interpreted by using an electromagnetic model of the slot impedance, combined with the circuit analysis of the system including a matching network. The model is further developed by using a parallel connection of variable peripheral capacitance to analyse the low frequency oscillation. The results obtained from the model are in agreement with the experimental observations and indicate that a variety of behaviours are dependent on the matching conditions.     

气体脉冲放电等离子体阻抗的参量研究

在纯净氦气条件下，对高频纵向脉冲放电的等离子体动态阻抗进行了实验研究.测量了放电等离子体阻抗随放电电压、频率以及气体压强之间的变化关系，表明等离子体阻抗随频率和电压的增加而下降，随气压的升高而增大.定性分析了这些宏观参量与等离子体阻抗变化之间的关系，拟合出等离子体阻抗随电压、频率、气压变化的经验公式，并对数值模拟与实验结果进行了比较研究. 关键词： 等离子体阻抗 气体脉冲放电     

空气放电非平衡等离子体的模拟计算

基于空气放电非平衡等离子体动力学,对空气放电进行了数值计算,分析了放电后等离子体中的主要粒子（N2(v6),N2(A3),O2(a1),O和O3）数密度随起始温度、电子数密度和约化场强的变化趋势。计算结果表明,随着初始温度的升高,空气放电产生的粒子数密度增加。温度为300 K时,放电产生的O原子数密度最大值约为4.90×7 cm-3,而当温度升高到400 K和500 K时,O原子数密度的最大值则相应地增加到5.2×1010 cm-3和5.51×1010 cm-3。约化场强的影响与温度类似,其中氮气的振动激发态N2(v6)数密度随约化场强的变化幅度不明显。电子数密度增加,粒子数密度大幅增加,氮分子的激发态N2(A3)粒子数密度与电子数密度保持严格的线性关系。     

柱面天线射频感性耦合等离子体放电模式特性的实验研究

利用Z-scan、电流、电压探头,通过测量等离子体吸收功率、天线电流、电压、等离子体直流悬浮电位等多种参数,研究了匹配网络、天线耦合强度、导电地面积、气压等多种因素对E,H放电模式特性及模式转化行为的影响.基于Γ型阻抗匹配网络中串联电容对射频电源输出功率的影响,提出了E—H放电模式转化的正负反馈区概念.研究发现：在相同的其他放电条件下,处于正反馈区时等离子体放电易于产生跳变型模式转化,而且模式跳变的临界天线电流、回滞宽度、跳变临界功率、跳变功率差等参数均随阻抗匹配网络参数产生明显变化;在负反馈区内,模式转化过程趋于连续.由于阻抗匹配网络的影响,E—H模式的跳变电流并不是总大于H—E模式的跳变电流.在不同导电地面积、阻抗匹配网络、气压下,模式转化过程中等离子体直流悬浮电位的变化呈现多样性. 关键词： 射频等离子体 感性耦合 容性耦合 模式转化     

Z箍缩等离子体振荡引起的电磁脉冲辐射

从理论上研究了Z箍缩过程中单模的等离子体振荡引起的电磁脉冲辐射。当模式扰动的相速度大于真空中的光速时,电磁脉冲辐射具有类似于切伦科夫辐射的角分布特征,并且随着相速度的增大这种定向辐射特征越显著;不同波长的电磁辐射也具有不同的角分布特征,短波长的电磁脉冲具有更好的定向性。电磁辐射功率强烈依赖于电子的等离子体振荡频率和等离子体柱的半径。     

Z箍缩等离子体振荡引起的电磁脉冲辐射

从理论上研究了Z箍缩过程中单模的等离子体振荡引起的电磁脉冲辐射。当模式扰动的相速度大于真空中的光速时,电磁脉冲辐射具有类似于切伦科夫辐射的角分布特征,并且随着相速度的增大这种定向辐射特征越显著;不同波长的电磁辐射也具有不同的角分布特征,短波长的电磁脉冲具有更好的定向性。电磁辐射功率强烈依赖于电子的等离子体振荡频率和等离子体柱的半径。     

Stochastic and chaotic relaxation oscillations

For relaxation oscillators stochastic and chaotic dynamics are investigated. The effect of random perturbations upon the period is computed. For an extended system with additional state variables chaotic behavior can be expected. As an example, the Van der Pol oscillator is changed into a third-order system admitting period doubling and chaos in a certain parameter range. The distinction between chaotic oscillation and oscillation with noise is explored. Return maps, power spectra, and Lyapunov exponents are analyzed for that purpose.     

Instability of the plasma oscillations in finite temperature perturbative QCD

We use linear-response dielectric theory to show that the baryon-poor QCD plasma based on the perturbative vacuum is unstable, even at a high temperature. If deconfinement occurs in nuclear collisions or the early universe, it is not accompanied by the restoration of the perturbative vacuum.     

Fluid simulation of the pulsed bias effect on inductively coupled nitrogen discharges for low-voltage plasma immersion ion implantation

Planar radio frequency inductively coupled plasmas(ICP) are employed for low-voltage ion implantation processes,with capacitive pulse biasing of the substrate for modulation of the ion energy. In this work, a two-dimensional(2D) selfconsistent fluid model has been employed to investigate the influence of the pulsed bias power on the nitrogen plasmas for various bias voltages and pulse frequencies. The results indicate that the plasma density as well as the inductive power density increase significantly when the bias voltage varies from 0 V to-4000 V, due to the heating of the capacitive field caused by the bias power. The N+fraction increases rapidly to a maximum at the beginning of the power-on time, and then it decreases and reaches the steady state at the end of the glow period. Moreover, it increases with the bias voltage during the power-on time, whereas the N_2~+ fraction exhibits a reverse behavior. When the pulse frequency increases to 25 kHz and40 kHz, the plasma steady state cannot be obtained, and a rapid decrease of the ion density at the substrate surface at the beginning of the glow period is observed.     

Tokamak plasma equilibrium analysis based on the relaxation method with a specified magnetic axis

In this contribution, we have presented two techniques for the determination of plasma equilibrium position in IR-T1 tokamak: relaxation and optical methods. An analysis method of tokamak plasma equilibrium by a relaxation method with a specified magnetic axis is presented. The degrees of freedom due to designated positions of the magnetic axis are possible by using poloidal field coil currents. Stable steady-state tokamak plasma equilibria are calculated along with the magnetohydrodynamic potential energy. The plasma generates a plasma current which partially or fully cancels the magnetic field from the poloidal field coils. For low-temperature plasmas, the plasma current distribution is centrally peaked; for high-temperature plasmas, the plasma current has a hole. A centrally peaked current distribution in a low-temperature plasma is evolved into a current distribution with a hole by increasing the plasma pressure by Ohmic heating, radio frequency heating, or by neutral beam injection heating. In the second technique, an image-processing technique was used for the output signal of the charge coupled device camera and plasma emission intensity profile and then the plasma position was obtained. Results are compared and discussed.     

微波管中离子张弛振荡的混沌现象

微波管中离子张弛振荡引起的噪声对其工作性能有很大影响，已成为微波管领域研究的焦点之一.用包络方程描述电子束特性，用离散的宏粒子模型描述离子特性，在此基础上编写了一维粒子模拟程序，对行波管与速调管模拟，得到张弛振荡的时间序列；将振荡看作是一个复杂非线性动力学系统的响应，分析了离子张弛振荡时间序列的功率谱、重构相图及Lyapunov指数，指出离子张弛振荡具有混沌性质，为研究离子张弛振荡的控制与带有离子振荡噪声信号的处理提供了参考. 关键词： 张弛振荡 粒子模拟 微波管 混沌     

经由脉冲式爆炸连接的复合式张弛振荡

张弛振荡现象普遍存在于自然科学以及工程技术的各个领域,探索张弛振荡的可能路径是张弛振荡研究的重要问题之一.最近,一种名为"脉冲式爆炸"(pulse-shaped explosion,PSE)的可以诱发张弛振荡的新机制被相继报道.PSE意味着平衡点和极限环表现出了与参数变化相关的脉冲式急剧量变,这导致系统出现急剧转迁现象,进而诱发张弛振荡.本文以多频激励Mathieu-van der Pol-Duffing系统为例,探讨了复合式的张弛振荡现象.当参数激励和外部激励存在相位差时,快子系统包含了两个不同的向量场部分,由此得到了系统的双稳定特性.特别地,在狭小的参数范围内,分岔会随着PSE的产生而产生,这使得PSE更具复杂性.基于此,揭示了两种复合式的张弛振荡,其特征是每一周期的演化过程包含了由PSE连接的两个张弛振荡簇.我们的研究深化了对PSE及张弛振荡复杂动力学行为的理解.     

HL-1M弹丸加料等离子体中的蛇形振荡

根据PIN光二极管阵列探测器所探测到的1～10keV能量范围的软X射线辐射扰动．研究了HL-1M装置等离子体中在多发弹丸注入条件下产生的蛇形振荡不稳定性特性,对其机制进行了仔细讨论。实验表明,在中等密度欧姆放电中。高速弹丸注人能直接在等离子体芯部激发出蛇形振荡。对于较高密度的放电,在弹丸加料等离子体的后续演变中经常观测到锯齿稳定化结束时诱发出的准稳态大幅度蛇形振荡。     

空气放电非平衡等离子体的模拟计算

 基于空气放电非平衡等离子体动力学,对空气放电进行了数值计算,分析了放电后等离子体中的主要粒子（N₂(v6),N₂(A3),O₂(a1),O和O₃）数密度随起始温度、电子数密度和约化场强的变化趋势。计算结果表明,随着初始温度的升高,空气放电产生的粒子数密度增加。温度为300 K时,放电产生的O原子数密度最大值约为4.90×⁷ cm^-3,而当温度升高到400 K和500 K时,O原子数密度的最大值则相应地增加到5.2×10¹⁰ cm^-3和5.51×10¹⁰ cm^-3。约化场强的影响与温度类似,其中氮气的振动激发态N₂(v6)数密度随约化场强的变化幅度不明显。电子数密度增加,粒子数密度大幅增加,氮分子的激发态N₂(A3)粒子数密度与电子数密度保持严格的线性关系。     

Neutrino beam plasma instability

We derive relativistic fluid set of equations for neutrinos and electrons from relativistic Vlasov equations with Fermi weak interaction force. Using these fluid equations, we obtain a dispersion relation describing neutrino beam plasma instability, which is little different from normal dispersion relation of streaming instability. It contains new, nonelectromagnetic, neutrino-plasma (or electroweak) stable and unstable modes also. The growth of the instability is weak for the highly relativistic neutrino flux, but becomes stronger for weakly relativistic neutrino flux in the case of parameters appropriate to the early universe and supernova explosions. However, this mode is dominant only for the beam velocity greater than 0.25c and in the other limit electroweak unstable mode takes over.     

Relativisitic longitudinal non-Abelian oscillations in quark-antiquark plasma

We study the relativistic version of the non-Abelian, longitudinal wave in quark-antiquark plasma reported earlier by Bhat et al [Phys. Rev. D39, 649 (1989)]. We have also relaxed various approximations they made in their analysis. Both the quark and antiquark dynamics are taken in our analysis. The non-linearity arising from non-Abelian field as well as from plasma are included. Hence it is an exact longitudinal mode in relativistic quark-antiquark plasma, relevant to the study of quark gluon plasma. We find that earlier results are reproduced for non-relativistic and low amplitude oscillations, but are modified for relativistic or large amplitude waves. Further more, the above results are based on just four first-order equations for gauge invariant quantities derived from gauge covariant twelve first-order equations.     

Analysis of dusty plasma in the positive column of glow discharges

The radial distributions of ions,electrons and dust particles in the positive colum of glow discharges are investigated in a tripled-pole diffusion model.The dust particles are mainly trapped in the region around the column axis where the electrostatic potential is the highest.The presence of the dust particles results in the ion density increasing and the electron density decreasiung in the dust-trapped region.The dust-trapped region is wider for a higher dust temperature or a smaller particulate redius.The ions and electrons in the dust-free region away from the column axis are in ambipolar diffusion.     

Impact-ionized electron-hole plasma instability in GaAs

The possibility of the excitation of impact-ionized electron-hole plasma oscillatory instability in GaAs with frequency up to 10¹² Hz is shown. The linear and nonlinear stages of the instability are investigated.     

感应式脉冲推力器中等离子体加速数值研究

为了分析感应式脉冲放电等离子体推力器中时变电磁场作用下等离子体的放电参数分布及其随着磁场强度变化的影响,引入了利用双曲型散度清除方法的二维轴对称瞬态等离子体流动的磁流体力学数值模型.计算结果表明,随着输入能量的增加,等离子体团出现速度峰值的时刻提前,等离子体中同时存在的异号电流环对其加速具有阻滞作用.等离子体的加速效率随着磁场强度非线性增大,磁场大于某一临界值时(几何构型下峰值磁场强度大于0.45 T),有限空间情况下等离子体的加速效率获得显著提高.     

Density oscillations in laser produced plasma decelerated by external magnetic field

This paper presents the dynamics as well as the stability of laser produced plasma expanding across the magnetic field. Observation of some high frequency fluctuations superimposed on ion saturation current along with structuring in the pin hole images of x-ray emitting plasma plume indicate the presence of instability in the plasma. Two type of slope in the variation of x-ray emission with laser intensity in the absence and presence of magnetic field shows appearance of different threshold intensity of laser corresponding to each magnetic field at which this instability or density fluctuation sets on. This instability has been identified as a large Larmor radius instability instead of classical Rayleigh-Taylor (R-T) instability.