{"title":"High Current, Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc (mevva) Ion Source","authors":"P. Greene, M. Krishnan","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.589005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.589005","url":null,"abstract":"A Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc (MEVVA) which has been operated at currents from 4 to 68 kA and current densities up to 24 kA/cm{sup 2} is under study at Science Research Laboratory (SRL). The MEVVA plasma is formed by drawing a low-voltage (< 2 kV) arc from a metal cathode to a transparent anode. A dense, highly ionized and nearly current free plasma streams past the anode and is confined and guided in a magnetic field. The SRL MEVVA is under development as a high density (n{sub i} {approximately} 10{sup 16} cm{sup {minus}3}) plasma source for use as imploding loads on high current, z-pinch x-ray simulators. The density of the MEVVA plasma has been measured to be {approximately} 10{sup 15} cm{sup {minus}3} in Ti and Cu ion plasmas with current densities at the cathode of {approximately} 10 kA/cm{sup 2}. Studies of discharges at higher current densities are presently under way. Data presenting the scaling of the ion density and total ion production with the discharge current over a wide range of currents will be presented. As a possible method to increase the plasma density, the effects of guiding the plasma into a converging magnetic nozzle are being studied. The resultsmore » of these experiments will be presented as well as data on the confinement of a non-converging magnetic field.« less","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115144638","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":"Frequency Downshift In Rapidly Ionizing Media","authors":"S. Kuo, A. Ren","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588960","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, theory, computer simulation and experiment have demonstrated that the frequency of an electromagnetic (EM) wave interacting with a rapidly created plasma is upshifted. The interest in frequency upshifting phenomenon can be attributed to its many potential applications including the enhancement of the frequency tuning capability of existing sources of EM waves and improvement of the performance of high-power radar and direct energy systems by enabling reflectionless propagation of very powerful microwave pulses through the air, etc. Moreover, there are no technical difficulties in producing dense plasma rapidly. It was observed, however, that in some experiments a frequency downshift also exists. Since the created plasma decayed much slower than its growth and since the frequency downshift lines did not appear in the results of computer simulations using a lossless unmagnetized plasma model, the frequency downshift phenomenon has not been discussed. In this work, experimental evidence and theory is presented for the simultaneous creation of a downshifted wave. There is excellent agreement between experimental results and computer simulation based on a simple theory.","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123247465","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":"Green's Function Analysis of Free-electron Laser Amplifiers ;nd Oscillators","authors":"G. Shvets, J. Wurtele","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.589081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.589081","url":null,"abstract":"Theoretical analysis of the free-electron laser Green`s function has been made in two very distinct operating regimes. An analytic expression for the temporal Green`s function has been found for the strongly space-charge dominated (Raman) regime for a single pass FEL amplifier. The expression is shown to reduce to the expected steady-state result when the initial system parameters are time-independent. Frequency shifting is seen to arise from slippage and finite length electromagnetic pulses, as well as from better known causes such as variations in the beam energy and voltage. An explicit criterion for using the local gain approximation is presented. A new formalism for analyzing the temporal and spectral evolution in an oscillator is developed. Variations in both the beam and radiation profiles are included in the analysis. An exact expression for the Green`s function of the n`th pass in an oscillator is derived and can be explicitly evaluated using a fast numerical algorithm. The algorithm yields the n`th pass Green`s function directly, without requiring calculation of the Green`s function at previous passes. The calculation does not involve non-causal truncations utilized in supermode theory.","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124923513","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. Choi, M. Favre, R. Aliaga, H. Chuaqui, Y. Kaufman, J. Moreno, E. Wyndham, M. Zambra
{"title":"An Overview Of Breakdown Formation Processes In The Transient Hollow Cathode Discharge","authors":"P. Choi, M. Favre, R. Aliaga, H. Chuaqui, Y. Kaufman, J. Moreno, E. Wyndham, M. Zambra","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588854","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125056506","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":"Fluid PIC Simulation Of Plasma Processing Devices","authors":"G. Lapenta, J. Brackbill","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588745","url":null,"abstract":"complexity of the structure. So far, several numerical models have been reported concerning the EM models of ICPS[’]. The numerical solutions could not describe the physical insight of EM fields and a considerable amount of consumed CPU time could have been expected. We used the Mode Analysis Technique (MAT) to obtain a closedform solution, which provided the behaviors of each mode excited in the ICPS and the relationship between eigenmodes and the reactor geometry.","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123267893","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":"Transport Of Dust Particles In Inductively Coupled Discharges","authors":"H. Hwang, P. Ventzek, R. Hoekstra, M. J. Kusbner","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.589127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.589127","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121714133","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":"Spin control of The rayleigh-taylor Instability In a dense z-pinch","authors":"G. Peterson, N. Rostoker","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588916","url":null,"abstract":"Imploded, annular z-pinches are always subject to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability, the growth of which is determined by the initial perturbations and the linear growth rate {gamma} = {radical}gk where g is the acceleration and k is the wave number. By imparting a spin to the plasma, the initial perturbations can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, the centripetal acceleration will reduce the growth rates at the end of the implosion. This idea could benefit pinch schemes that require uniform compressions, such as x-ray laser and fusion programs that are based on staged pinches and pinches with trapped magnetic fields. A summary of the spin concept is presented along with a zero-dimension implosion analysis for pinches with imparted spins and trapped magnetic fields.","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121769540","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":"Two-dimensional Particle Simulations Of The Low Frequency Electric Fields In Ionospheric Injection Experiments","authors":"O. Bolin, N. Brenning","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588727","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122104931","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":"Numerical Modelling Of Ozone Production In A Pulsed Homogeneous Oxygen Discharge","authors":"J. Nilsson, J.F. Eninger","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588757","url":null,"abstract":"An Advanced Ionizer for Atmospheric Plasma Mark Rader and Igor Alexeff University of Tennessee The production of ions by corona in air has been improved by a factor of 10 without either increasing the voltage or reducing the electrode gap spacing. This improvement has been accomplished by noting that the corona process occurs in a very limited spatial region around the corona points or wires. By replacing the air in this limited region by a feed of nonelectronegative gas such as argon, nitrogen, or helium, the local production of ions is greatly enhanced. Once these ions flow into the surrounding air, they cannot recombine unless they find ions of the opposite charge. Thus the ions flow freely across large air gaps. A n . additional advantage of the local gas feed system is that the ionization occurs locally, and processes in the surrounding air that produce sparkover do not occur. The use of these improved ionizers in electrostatic precipitators should result in enhanced pollution removal, and a patent is pending.","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"177 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122906059","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":"Wave Excitation With Helical Antennas","authors":"M. E. Light, F.F. Chen","doi":"10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PLASMA.1994.588747","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":254741,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE 21st International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125909666","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}