Plasma structures in front of a floated emissive electrode
作者:
Seiji Ishiguro,
Noriyoshi Sato,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
(AIP Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 11
页码: 4237-4243
ISSN:0899-8221
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1063/1.860589
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
A particle simulation with plasma source is carried out on plasma structures generated by an electron emissive electrode floated in a collisionless plasma. When low‐temperature, high‐density thermal electrons are emitted, there appears a negative potential dip in front of the electrode, which is always accompanied by a low‐frequency oscillation. On the other hand, three regimes of plasma structures appear for an electron beam injection. When a high‐flux electron beam is injected, an electron sheath is generated in front of the electrode. The sheath reflects ions flowing to the electrode, providing an increase in the plasma density. When a low‐flux electron beam is injected, no electron sheath is generated. When an intermediate‐flux beam is injected, the electron sheath structure appears periodically in time. The lifetime of the sheath is proportional to the system length. These results of beam injection are almost consistent with those of a Q‐machine experiment.
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