Two-dimensional model of the Penning discharge in a cylindrical chamber with the axial magnetic field

The drift–diffusion model of a Penning discharge in molecular hydrogen under pressures of about 1 Torr with regard to the external electric circuit has been proposed. A two-dimensional axially symmetric discharge geometry with a cylindrical anode and flat cathodes perpendicular to the symmetry axis has been investigated. An external magnetic field of about 0.1 T is applied in the axial direction. Using the developed drift–diffusion model, the electrodynamic structure of a Penning discharge in the pressure range of 0.5–5 Torr at a current source voltage of 200–500 V is numerically simulated. The evolution of the discharge electrodynamic structure upon pressure variations in zero magnetic field (the classical glow discharge mode) and in the axial magnetic field (Penning discharge) has been studied using numerical experiments. The theoretical predictions of the existence of an averaged electron and ion motion in a Penning discharge both in the axial and radial directions and in the azimuthal direction have been confirmed by the calculations.     

射频电感耦合等离子体在横向磁场中扩散的研究

通过轴向移动朗缪尔探针,考察了外置电磁铁提供的横向磁场对射频感应耦合等离子体(ICP)延轴向扩散过程中的电子温度、离子密度的影响。实验数据表明,与无磁场条件下的结果相比,横向磁场的加入使得扩散区内的电子温度沿轴向迅速下降,研究了横向磁场对电子的过滤作用。     

Anomalous plasma phenomena of hollow cathode arc discharge

Magnetically confined argon plasma produced by hollow cathode arc discharge has been studied in different experimental conditions, with discharge current from 10–50 A, vessel argon pressure between 10^–3 and 10^–4 torr (1 torr=133·32 Pa) and axial magnetic field up to 0·12 T. The plasma density measured by a cylindrical Langmuir probe is found to be 10¹⁹ to 4 × 10¹⁹ m^–3 and the electron temperatureT _e varies between 2·5 and 4·8 eV. When an external axial magnetic field is applied the plasma temperature decreases with the increase in the magnetic field intensity until it reaches a minimum value at 0·075T and then increases with the same rate. This has been interpreted as high frequency waves excitation due to electron beam-plasma interaction, which explains the electron density jumps with the magnetic field intensity. Enhanced plasma transport across the magnetic field is studied and classified as anomalous diffusion.     

Coaxial Discharge and Transverse Magnetic Field

The study deals with the effect of an applied transverse magnetic field on the dynamics and parameters of the focused and expanded plasma in a coaxial discharge. The experimental results were found with a 3 kJ Plasma focus device of a Mather geometry. The discharge takes place in hydrogen gas with base pressure of 0.5 Torr. The experiments are conducted with a 10 kV bank voltage, which corresponds to 100 kA peak discharge current with rise time 8 μs. Helmholtz magnetic coils are placed outside the expansions chamber to produce a transverse magnetic field with intensity 280 G perpendicular to the plasma expanded from the coaxial electrodes. The investigations have shown that the plasma flow along the expansion chamber axis is restricted when applying the externally transverse magnetic field and the maximum axial velocity of the expanded plasma is decreased by 33%. X-ray probe has been used to measure the focused plasma electron temperature (T_e). The experimental results and the calculations showed that T_e is decreased from 2.2 keV to 800 eV with the application of a transverse magnetic field. The expanded plasma electron temperature and density have been measured by an electric double probe, the results cleared that the expanded plasma electron temperature is decreased by 2.6 times while its density is increased by 9 times, when a transverse magnetic field is applied.     

The theoretical simulation of magnetized electron beam effects on radially polarized of an annular cylindrical piezoelectric crystal

By using the equilibrium equations for a hollow cylindrical piezoelectric layer in absence of body forces and taking into the account a magnetized electron beam in hollow region of this system the effects of thermal pressure, electrostatic self field and the strength of external magnetic field of a non-relativistic magnetized electron beam column on radially polarized of an annular cylindrical piezoelectric crystal in the steady state are simulated. The electrostatic potential profile in piezoelectric layer due to the mechanical pressure and electrostatic self field of electron beam are studied. Furthermore the graphs of the difference of potential Δϕ between inner and outer surfaces of piezoelectric versus to electron temperature, density of beam and the strength of external magnetic field are presented.     

两种外磁场形式对介质面次级电子倍增的抑制

利用自编1D3V PIC程序,数值研究了不同外加磁场方式对次级电子倍增抑制的物理过程,给出了次级电子数目、平均能量、密度、运动轨迹、渡越时间、介质表面静电场及沉积功率等物理量时空分布关系。模拟结果表明:不同方向外加磁场抑制次级电子倍增的机理有所不同。轴向外加磁场利用电子回旋运动干扰微波电场对电子加速过程,使其碰壁能量降低以达到抑制二次电子倍增的效果;横向外加磁场利用电子回旋漂移过程中,电子半个周期被推离介质表面（不发生次级电子倍增）,半个周期被推回介质表面（降低电子碰撞能量）的作用机理,达到抑制二次电子倍增的效果。讨论了横向磁场在回旋共振下,电子回旋同步加速导致回旋半径增大,电子能量持续增加的特殊过程。两种外加磁场方式都可以通过增加磁场达到进一步抑制次级电子倍增的目的。轴向外加磁场加载容易,但对磁场要求较高;横向外加磁场需要磁场较低,但加载较为困难。     

One-dimensional fluid model of ECR discharge with inhomogeneityeffects of external magnetic field

A one-dimensional fluid model of the microwave electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) discharge, which includes the inhomogeneity effects of the external magnetic field, is developed. We use fluid equations which are obtained from the one-dimensional Bolzmann equation expressed in terms of magnetic moment and parallel velocity. We model the plasma and sheath separately, and appropriate plasma-sheath boundary conditions are utilized. Microwave is represented by an energy flow, and treated by a ray tracing technique. For the argon discharge, we obtain various quantities such as the axial profiles of plasma density, electron temperature, electrostatic potential, fluid velocity, and microwave power deposition. The results of simulation compare well with the experimental observation of the mirror field effects on the plasma parameters     

高速飞行器磁控阻力特性

采用低磁雷诺数磁流体数学模型,对外加磁场下的高超声速半球体流场进行数值模拟.选取三种简单理想磁场(轴向、径向、周向均布磁场),分析了不同磁场类型对流场结构、气动阻力与洛伦兹阻力的影响及作用机理.研究发现,轴向磁场径向"挤压"效应使得激波外形凸出,且壁面静压存在"饱和现象";径向磁场存在轴向"外推"效应,较大的磁场强度会导致肩部形成高温区;周向磁场下感应电场的存在导致增阻效果很差.进而对比了两种相同驻点磁感应强度特殊分布磁场(偶极子磁场、螺线管磁场)下的流场,发现了不同于理想磁场的径向"扩张"效应.按增阻效果从大到小依次为径向磁场、螺线管磁场、轴向磁场、偶极子磁场、周向磁场.     

Effects of Finite Magnetic Field and Ion Motion on Solitary Space Charge Waves

A KDV equation is derived to describe the weakly nonlinear behaviour of electron plasma waves propagating along a plasma-filled cylindrical waveguide immersed in an external strong but finite axial magnetic field. Solution of the KDV equation shows that the soliton properties depend significantly on the strength of external magnetic field as well as on ion motion.     

Characterization of a ferrofluid-based thermomagnetic pump for microfluidic applications

We experimentally characterize the performance of a miniature thermomagnetic pump, where suitably imposed temperature and magnetic field gradients are used to drive ferrofluid in a 2 mm diameter glass capillary tube, without application of any external pressure gradient. Such a pump can operate in a hermetically sealed micro electromechanical system configuration without any moving part, and is thus capable of handling microfluidic samples with little risk of contamination. In the experiment, the ferrofluid in the capillary is exposed to a magnetic field using a solenoid; a small resistive heater wrapped on the tube wall is used to create temperature gradient in such a way that the Kelvin body force in the medium produces a net unbalanced axial component. This causes a thermomagnetic pumping action, transporting the ferrofluid in the capillary tube from the colder end to the warmer end. Performance of the thermomagnetic pump is investigated experimentally to characterize the pump pressure head and discharge under different working conditions, namely, the magnetic field strength, heating power, and ferrofluid properties. A comparison with two other field actuation pumps at comparable length scales is also presented. The pump produces higher output at lower power supplies and magnetic field compared to the other two pumps.     

磁场对球头阴极二极管特性的影响

 采用全电磁PIC粒子模拟方法研究了磁场对球头阴极二极管物理特性的影响。结果表明外加磁场主要是通过对二极管束流轨迹的改变来影响二极管的物理特性。由于外加磁场将约束其产生电子束的发散，结果使其空间电荷限制电流减小，其值在无外加磁场并且自磁场可以忽略时的空间电荷限制电流值的0.5~1倍范围内。当外加磁场足够强时，束流轨迹主要受外加磁场控制，二极管产生的电子束既不箍缩也不发散。强外加磁场条件下的空间电荷限制电流近似为无外加磁场时的一半；在无外加磁场条件下，在阳极处的束流半径随二极管电压电流的增大而减小，空间电荷限制电流增强因子随束流半径的减小而减小，随二极管电压电流增大而减小。这一系列结果是在二极管电流小于其自箍缩临界电流条件下得到的。     

The plasma parameter of a positive column in a transverse magnetic field

The effect of a transverse magnetic field on the axial electric field and the electron temperature in a positive column were investigated experimentally. The results are compared with the theory of Beckman.     

The influence of a transverse magnetic field on a subnormal glow discharge in air

In subnormal glow discharge under d.c. excitation at different pressure in a varying transverse magnetic field (0 to 30 G) some measurements have been carried out for various initial average tube currents. The voltage across the discharge increases and average tube current and residual current decreases in the magnetic field. With the help of Beckman’s expression [4] for the axial field and the electron density distribution in a transverse magnetic field the observed variation of current and voltage can be satisfactorily explained. The variation of axial electric field with transverse magnetic field can be represented to a fair degree of accuracy by the derived equation. The behaviour of residual current with magnetic field has been observed in these oscillations.     

The effect of an axial external magnetic field on the output power of a small-bore CuBr laser

In this work, the effect of an axial external moveable magnetic field on the output power of a CuBr laser with small-bore tube has been investigated. In all experiments, by applying an EMF along the tube axis, the laser output power has been decreased and by moving the EMF toward the cathode region, more substantial decrease of output power has been observed. The effect is more significant at a magnetic field intensity of 1100 G, Ne gas pressure of 35 Torr, frequency of 19 kHz and voltage of 3.8 kV, such that there was no laser emission when the EMF was placed around the cathode.     

轴向磁场下感应耦合放电模式转换的实验研究

为探究轴向磁场对纯Ar感应耦合等离子体放电模式转换的影响,设计并搭建一整套等离子体产生装置展开实验研究,引入阻抗分析法对放电模式转换进行判断,并得到了朗缪尔探针法的验证。实验发现,当气压为10 Pa时,轴向磁场强度的增加使得E-H和H-E模式转换的阈值功率增大;同时,随着轴向磁场的增强,放电中心区域的电子密度不断降低。初步分析认为,这是由于带电粒子在洛伦兹力作用下做回旋运动,导致高能电子在垂直磁场方向上的碰撞减少,降低了电子密度以及感应耦合效率。进一步分析电子能量概率函数(EEPF)发现,在E模式下,轴向磁场对电子运动的约束作用更加明显,高能电子(>27 eV)所占比例增多,电子能量分布更加均匀。     

横磁模下介质表面二次电子倍增的抑制

在介质加载加速器结构(DLA)内, 提出采用刻槽结构结合外加磁场的方法用于在电磁场横磁(TM)模式下抑制介质表面的电子倍增. 通过理论分析和数值模拟, 比较了刻槽结构和纵向磁场对斜面上电子碰撞能量和渡越时间的影响, 得到了在介质表面同时存在法向RF电场及切向RF电场时, 采用刻槽结构并施加一定的纵向磁场强度, 可有效抑制二次电子倍增的发展, 提高介质面的击穿阈值.     

Creation of magnetic energy in the solar atmosphere

We show that a magnetic flux tube can grow in strength and size provided the temperature increases outward at the edge of the tube where the axial magnetic field declines to its external value. The radius of the tube increases at a rate determined by our theory. It is the coincidence of temperature and magnetic field gradients of opposite sign that generates the new field, and if this is lost the tube ceases to grow. The phenomenon is illustrated by adopting plausible distributions for the temperature and magnetic field strength, which yield an expression for the rate of growth of the magnetic field magnitude B. The mechanism provides a possible explanation of the fibrous nature of solar magnetic fields.     

稀薄空气、等离子体环境外系统电磁脉冲的数值模拟

为研究大气环境对系统电磁脉冲(SGEMP)的影响,针对海拔50～100 km的X射线能量沉积区,分别应用3维PIC程序及3维PIC-MCC程序各自开展预电离等离子体和稀薄空气条件下外SGEMP的建模与模拟研究,针对3种不同的X射线注量(4×10^-3 J/cm²、 4×10^-2 J/cm²、 0.4 J/cm²),分别取对应两种不同海拔高度(70 km和80～90 km)的本底等离子体及海拔56 km的稀薄空气条件进行模拟计算,并和真空中的计算结果进行对比,得出预电离等离子体及稀薄空气对外SGEMP的影响规律：当X射线注量较低时,等离子体使得磁场增大,电场减小,而稀薄空气对外SGEMP效应影响不明显;随着X射线注量增大,空间电荷非线性效应越来越明显,等离子体及稀薄空气都使得电场、磁场同时增大,且稀薄空气的增大效应更显著。     

Electron acceleration in the inverse free electron laser with a helical wiggler by axial magnetic field and ion-channel guiding

Electron acceleration in the inverse free electron laser (IFEL) with a helical wiggler in the presence of ion-channel guiding and axial magnetic field is investigated in this article. The effects of tapering wiggler amplitude and axial magnetic field are calculated for the electron acceleration. In free electron lasers, electron beams lose energy through radiation while in IFEL electron beams gain energy from the laser. The equation of electron motion and the equation of energy exchange between a single electron and electromagnetic waves are derived and then solved numerically using the fourth order Runge-Kutta method. The tapering effects of a wiggler magnetic field on electron acceleration are investigated and the results show that the electron acceleration increases in the case of a tapered wiggler magnetic field with a proper taper constant.