等离子体中热阴极鞘层的结构

结合热阴极电子发射理论和等离子体鞘层流体方程研究了热阴极附近存在虚阴极结构时的等离子体鞘层问题,采用Sagdeev势的方法讨论了鞘层解和广义Bohm判据.结果表明,不同于普通的Bohm鞘,由于热阴极附近存在大量发射电子,影响整个等离子体鞘层结构,使得进入鞘层的离子临界Mach数不是独立的常数,而是与鞘层电位降等参数有关的物理量.临界Mach数随着鞘层电位降（从鞘边缘到虚阴极）先增大后降低,并且随着热阴极温度的升高单调增大.此外,在平板模型下有相当可观的残余热发射电子越过虚阴极鞘层进入等离子体. 关键词： 鞘层 热阴极发射 Bohm判据     

Experimental studies of plasma sheath near meshes of different transmissivity

<正>The measurements of the potential distributions in the boundary layer near meshes with different mesh spacing were conducted in weakly collisional plasmas using a fine-structured emissive probe and the results of the sheath thickness and electric field at the sheath-presheath edge were compared with theoretical models of collisional presheath and collisionless sheath.It was shown that,because the meshes are partially transparent to ions,the sheath is thinner and the electric field is stronger for the mesh of higher transmissivity,owing to the increased ion density in the sheath contributed from the ions transmitted from the other side of the mesh.However,the potential profiles in the presheath remain almost the same for different meshes except for the shift of the sheath-presheath edge.The thickness of the sheath decreases while the electric field at the edge increases with the increase of the neutral gas pressure.Furthermore, depending on the pressure,the measured electric fields at the edge are close to that from the models of a transition region.     

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利用发射探针诊断了处于扩散等离子体流场中平板两侧的鞘层电势分布并给出鞘层厚度及边界电场。结合Child-Langmuir(CL)定律并利用一维流体模型,分析对比了鞘厚及边界电场。结果显示,上下游的鞘层呈现不对称结构,下游比上游厚,边界电场下游比上游弱,并且下游的预鞘还呈现类似虚阳极的结构。上下游CL鞘的厚度满足线性比例关系,比例系数约为1.2,且实验值与理论值非常接近。上下游CL鞘的边界电场与模型Te/(eλD)比较接近,上游Bohm鞘边界电场的实验结果与过渡区模型 较符合,但下游Bohm鞘的边界电场与现有模型有较大差异。     

空间低能离子探测器的紫外响应测试

在空间离子探测过程中,太阳紫外光也会进入探测器产生光污染信号。为了考察它对离子探测的影响,搭建了一套模拟太阳紫外光污染的地面测试系统,并对自主研制的空间低能离子探测器原理样机进行了紫外响应测试。实验结果表明:沿水平方向进入分析器的紫外光响应可以忽略,而以一定倾斜角进入分析器的紫外光响应计数率约为102~ 103 s−1。根据测试结果,估算出探测器对太阳紫外光的抑制率约为10−8,分析了紫外光污染对探测空间低能离子如质子和 粒子的影响。对于质子,由于其通量大,紫外光的影响不大。而对于通量较小的 粒子,紫外光的影响较大,需要进一步采取有效措施进行抑制。此外,本测试系统可以推广到其它空间粒子探测器的太阳紫外光污染的地面模拟测试。In the detection of space ions, solar ultraviolet (UV) can also enter the detector and generate a noise to the signal of ions. A testing system on the ground is built to test the UV response of detector. Experiments on a home-made principle prototype of space low-energy ion detector are carried out by using this system. The results show that the response of detector to the UV entering the electrostatic analyzer along the horizontal direction can be negligible and counts of the response to the UV along a bias direction are about 102 ~103 s−1. According to the measured results, the UV suppression ratio is estimated to be about 10−8 and the inuence of solar UV on the detection of space low-energy ions such as proton and alpha particle has been analyzed. For proton, the inuence is insigni cant due to its high ux. But for the low ux alpha particle, the inuence of solar UV is noticeable and further rejection is needed. In addition, this system can also be applied to test the UV response of other space particle detectors.