{"title":"Kinetic theory of ion-cyclotron wave using energy conserving BGK collision operator","authors":"S. Sharma","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166088","url":null,"abstract":"The kinetic ion-cyclotron instability in the presence of an external DC drift has been investigated. The electron-ion collisions were assumed to be the dominant collisions. The energy-conserving BGK collision operator was used to solve the kinetic equations to obtain expressions for the distribution functions of both species. These expressions, which vary as the wave, were used to obtain the expressions for various plasma parameters. The set of equations thus obtained along with the continuity equations for the two species yielded the general dispersion relation. The dispersion relation was then solved to obtain the expressions for the real as well as the imaginary part (growth rate) of the wave frequency in the various limits of the collisional parameter.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"164 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126281864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Beuthe, J. Chang, N. Hayashi, S. Ono, A. Kaliński, D. Galicki, K. Brodowicz
{"title":"Thermal characteristics of non-transferred DC plasma torches under various combinations of pure and mixture gases","authors":"T. Beuthe, J. Chang, N. Hayashi, S. Ono, A. Kaliński, D. Galicki, K. Brodowicz","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166170","url":null,"abstract":"The thermal characteristics of two nontransferred DC plasma torches have been investigated for operating powers between 10 and 80 kW for various combinations of Ar, N/sub 2/, H/sub 2/, O/sub 2/ and CO/sub 2/ gas mixtures. The Acurex torch contained an axially struck, flow-stabilized plasma arc roughly 10-cm long and a removable mixing section. The MWR-1 torch contained a radially struck plasma arc 0.5-2-cm long but no mixing section. Typical radial temperatures profiles of the MWR-1 torch indicate the rapidity with which the plasma quenches on entering the reaction chamber. The Acurex torch was much less efficient than the MWR-1 torch (typically 50% versus 75%). The thermal efficiency of the torches was significantly affected by the fraction of N/sub 2/, air, Ar, and H/sub 2/ in the plasma gas. The Acurex torch with the mixing plenum in place was able to achieve much better mixing of the plasma gas than the MWR-1 torch. Side injection of gas tended to raise the downstream temperature of the plasma. Increasing concentrations of H/sub 2/ in the Ar-H/sub 2/ plasma decreased the temperature near the exit of the torch and increased the temperature further downstream.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126344406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectroscopic investigation of the RGS-II hypervelocity plasma armature","authors":"B. D. Barrett, R. Bengtson, M. Baker, W. Nunnally","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.165970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.165970","url":null,"abstract":"A spectroscopic investigation of the plasma armature in the railgun simulator RGS-II is underway. RGS-II can accelerate the plasma armature to velocities up to 20 km/s and produce armature currents up to 300 kA. The optical signal is extracted at the midbore position by a fiber-optic bundle. Emission spectra are recorded by an optical multichannel analyzer system. The emission spectra are used to identify the plasma constituents. Relative intensities of neutral and ionic species are correlated with interferometric measurements of the electron density to estimate the plasma temperature using the Saha equations. Effects of the ambient chamber pressure and total armature current on the plasma armature are being studied over a range of 200 mtorr to atmospheric pressure and from 50 to 300 kA, respectively.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115888669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real plasma effects of microwave radiation propagating perpendicular to a magnetized plasma","authors":"L. Jiang, J. R. Roth","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166243","url":null,"abstract":"Microwave absorption near electron cyclotron resonance has been investigated in a magnetized plasma over a wide range of frequencies, from 2 to 18 GHz. A network analyzer that is capable of swept frequency measurements and of measuring reflection and transmission coefficients over these frequencies with 80-dB dynamic range has been used. The classical penning discharge used to generate the plasma consists of a uniform magnetic field with a maximum value of 0.195 T. An approximately 12-cm-diameter and 118-cm-long steady-state plasma column is generated with a characteristic density of a few times 10/sup 9/ electrons/cm/sup 3/ and electron kinetic temperatures of a few tens of electron volts. Axial and radial Langmuir probes are used to measure electron number density and kinetic temperature.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130074479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beam studies in the LBL MBE-4 device","authors":"S. Eylon, H. Meuth, R. Johnson, K. Hahn","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166212","url":null,"abstract":"The multiple-beam accelerator MBE-4 is a device for research toward a heavy ion driver for inertial confinement fusion based on the induction linac concept. Its main goal is proof of the principle of current amplification by acceleration and controlled self-similar beam pulse compression. Into the 16-m long electrostatic alternate-gradient focusing lattice four beams are injected. Each carries an initial current of 10 mA of Cs/sup +/ ions from a Marx-driven diode at 200 keV. The current amplification is up to ninefold, with a final beam energy in excess of 800 keV in the middle of the current pulse. Available diagnostics include transverse double-slit emittance and position measuring devices; current-sensing Faraday cups; and electrostatic energy analysis. Diagnostic access is possible along the entire device at a number of stations and is fully computer controlled. The longitudinal and transverse properties of the 10-mA beams with and without acceleration are being studied. The diagnosis of the transport of a 100- mu A pencil beam, 1.5 mm in diameter, through an accelerating channel of a 5.7-cm diameter has begun. This beam has been used to determine the zero-current phase advance for various beam and machine parameters and to address some mechanical alignment issues as well.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130162211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Neri, J. R. Boller, G. Cooperstein, P. Goodrich, D. Hinshelwood, D. Mosher, P. Ottinger, V. C. Scherrer, S. Stephanakis, J. Watrous, F. Young
{"title":"Final focusing of Z-discharge transported ion beams","authors":"J. Neri, J. R. Boller, G. Cooperstein, P. Goodrich, D. Hinshelwood, D. Mosher, P. Ottinger, V. C. Scherrer, S. Stephanakis, J. Watrous, F. Young","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166094","url":null,"abstract":"An experimental program is underway at NRL to demonstrate final focusing of transported ion beams. Z-discharge channels are used to transport ion beams efficiently from the ion source to an ICF target, providing isolation and distance for time-of-flight power compression. Channel stability and beam energy loss constraints force a minimum channel diameter for a given ion beam power. Final focusing uses an additional short Z-discharge with larger current to reduce the spot size of the ion beam from the channel diameter to the target diameter. The Gamble II accelerator is used to produce a proton beam from a pinched-reflex diode. The effect of the final focus is measured with a shadowbox at the exit of the final focus cell, and the transport is measured by the /sup 19/F(p, alpha gamma ) reaction from 50% transparent Teflon screens placed in the channel. Analysis of the shadowbox damage patterns indicates that the final focus cell plasma is taken into account. The 2.54-cm-diameter ion beam from the channel is reduced in diameter to less than 1.4 cm.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"99 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130237614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Busnardo‐Neto, V. A. Rodrigues, H. Bockelmann, P. H. Sakanaka
{"title":"Characteristics of a 30 kW plasma torch","authors":"J. Busnardo‐Neto, V. A. Rodrigues, H. Bockelmann, P. H. Sakanaka","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166037","url":null,"abstract":"A 30-kW torch for heating air has been built using scaling law techniques. The current-voltage characteristics were determined over a wide range of parameters: 60 to 120 A, 200 to 460 V, and gas flows of 2.8 to 13.7 g/s. The thermal efficiency varied from 62% to 76%. The results yield the expected V infinity I/sup -0.3/ law. The result with the highest mass flow suggests that higher injection velocities may play a role. Experience showed that the erosion of the cathode plays an important role in the operation of the torch. Eroded cathodes systematically yielded lower voltages, lower power levels, and lower efficiencies.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134210126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study of binary ion plasma expansion into laboratory generated plasma wakes","authors":"K. Wright, N. Stone, U. Samir","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166052","url":null,"abstract":"Plasma expansion into the wake of a large rectangular plate immersed in a collisionless, supersonic, binary ion plasma has been investigated. A new plasma source has been developed to generate equivelocity, binary ion plasma flows, which allows access to regions of parameter space that have previously been unavailable for laboratory studies. A krypton-neon plasma (mass ratio of 4.15) is used, and the ambient density ratio of neon to krypton is varied more than an order of magnitude. The expansion is limited to early times by the combination of plasma density, plasma drift speed, and vacuum chamber size. No previous experimental results exist for such early expansion times. New experimental results include: (1) the propagation of a rarefaction wave for each ionic component into the ambient plasma; (2) the formation of a plateau-like region in the neon (the lighter mass) ion current density when the neon ions are the minor ionic species in the ambient plasma; and (3) the acceleration of both ionic species, with neon accelerating at a higher rate than krypton. Results indicate that the plasma expansion process is the dominant filling mechanism of the near wake of a body under these experimental conditions.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133931514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Audebert, E. Figura, C. Rouillé, B. Etlicher, A. Folkierski, S. Niffikeer
{"title":"Magnetic compression of an aluminum vapor cylinder","authors":"P. Audebert, E. Figura, C. Rouillé, B. Etlicher, A. Folkierski, S. Niffikeer","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166162","url":null,"abstract":"The magnetic compression of a 3-mm-diameter aluminum vapor jet produced by foil explosion has been studied. The jet is compressed by the current of GAEL, a 2- Omega , 0.1-TW machine. The plasma is diagnosed by a double-pinhole (100- mu m) camera, with one pinhole filtered by 10 mu m of beryllium and the other by 800 AA of aluminum on a 6- mu m Kimfol substrate. An optical streak camera shows the radial compression as a function of time. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer, operated with a dye laser at 580 nm, is synchronized with the discharge to give the aluminum plasma density at different times. Filtered X-ray diffraction (XRD) gives the time variation of the radiation, and the XRD signal can be correlated with the pinhole pictures. Density measurements at maximum current show small radial compression of the jet, but the structure of the fringes suggests density inhomogeneities along the z-axis of the column. X-ray pinhole pictures are compatible with 1-keV radiation, which corresponds to a temperature between 200 and 500 eV.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130829769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Crowley, V. Simcic, P. Schoch, K. Connor, R. Hickok, X. Yang
{"title":"Density, potential, and magnetic field fluctuation measurements during MHD activity in the TEXT tokamak","authors":"T. Crowley, V. Simcic, P. Schoch, K. Connor, R. Hickok, X. Yang","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166282","url":null,"abstract":"A heavy ion beam probe (HIBP) has been used to measure signals associated with density, potential, and magnetic fluctuations during sawtooth and strong m=2 activity in TEXT. Preliminary results reveal magnetic and density fluctuation signals with a strong dependence on minor radius position. Phase shifts near 180 degrees have been observed between neighboring peaks and are consistent with a model in which the signal changes sign across a rational surface. Density fluctuation signal peaks occur near magnetic fluctuation signal peaks when both are observed. Results from a different set of plasmas in which soft X-ray sawteeth are observed are also reported. Potential sawtooth changes as large as 70 V have been observed in these plasmas. An HIBP injects a beam of Tl/sup +/ particles into the plasmas. Tl/sup ++/ ions created in a 0.1 cm/sup 3/ sample volume in the plasma are detected after exiting the plasma. By measuring the energy of the Tl/sup ++/, the potential in the sample volume is determined. The number of Tl/sup ++/ ions at the detector is proportional to the density in the sample volume. It also depends on beam attenuation effects along the entire beam trajectory. Attenuation effects are more significant for fluctuations with long correlation lengths.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":165717,"journal":{"name":"IEEE 1989 International Conference on Plasma Science","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130906820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}