Feasibility of a low-voltage discharge in pure molecular hydrogen |
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Authors: | F. G. Baksht V. G. Ivanov |
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Affiliation: | 1. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
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Abstract: | The feasibility of initiating a low-voltage discharge in pure (free of readily ionizable impurity) molecular hydrogen is studied theoretically. A discharge with cathode fall φ1 = 10 V, interelectrode gap L = 2 cm, and total hydrogen concentration (N_{H_2 }^{(0)} = 2 times 10^{15}) cm?3 is considered by way of example. The plasma parameters, including concentration (N_{H^ - }) of negative hydrogen ions H?, are calculated. The concentration of H? ions is maximal in the near-anode plasma and may reach (left( {N_{H^ - } } right)_{max } = 0.5 times 10^{12}) cm?3. Concentration (N_{H^ - }) can be increased severalfold by introducing a small amount of cesium into the discharge, (N_{Cs}^{(0)} leqslant 10^{13}) cm?3. Cesium ionizes completely and concentrates in narrow near-electrode layers, which are depleted with the plasma in the purely hydrogen discharge. The discharge modifications studied in this work may be of interest as low-voltage volume plasma sources of H? ions under conditions when a high concentration of cesium in the source plasma is undesirable. |
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