“Super-acceleration” of ions in a stationary plasma discharge

Bardakov, V. M.; Ivanov, S. D.; Kazantsev, A. V.; Strokin, N. A.; Stupin, A. N.

doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2016.06.028

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“…The effect of anomalous acceleration of ions was discovered experimentally [33]. Examples of measurements at fixed V d and B r are given in figure 2, where argon was used as the working gas, and in figure 3 for helium (the distance z is measured from the PAAL anode, where z=0).…”

Section: Evolution Of the Energy Spectra Of Ionsmentioning

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Anomalous acceleration of ions in a plasma accelerator with an anodic layer

Bardakov

Ivanov

Kazantsev

et al. 2018

Plasma Sci. Technol.

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In a plasma accelerator with an anodic layer (PAAL), we discovered experimentally the effect of 'super-acceleration' of the bulk of the ions to energies W exceeding the energy equivalent to the discharge voltage V d. The E×B discharge was ignited in an environment of atomic argon and helium and molecular nitrogen. Singly charged argon ions were accelerated most effectively in the case of the largest discharge currents and pressure P of the working gas. Helium ions with W>eV d (e being the electron charge) were only recorded at maximum pressures. Molecular nitrogen was not accelerated to energies W>eV d. Anomalous acceleration is realized in the range of radial magnetic fields on the anode 2.8×10-2 B rA 4×10-2 T. It was also found analytically that the cathode of the accelerator can receive anomalously accelerated ions. In this case, the value of the potential in the anodic layer becomes higher than the anode potential, and the anode current exceeds some critical value. Numerical modeling in terms of the developed theory showed qualitative agreement between modeling data and measurements.

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Section: Evolution Of the Energy Spectra Of Ionsmentioning

confidence: 97%