TIME-RESOLVED ELECTRON-ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION MEASUREMENTS IN A PULSED MAGNETIC MULTIPOLE HYDROGEN DISCHARGE
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1991
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The time evolution of measured plasma parameters, including the electron energy distribution function (EEDF), in the discharge and post-discharge regime of a pulsed hydrogen magnetic multipole plasma is presented. The time necessary for the plasma to reach equilibrium has been established as 160-mu-s. The present results clarify the mechanisms which initiate the discharge. The decay rates of the charged-particle density and energy in the post-discharge have been measured. These measurements indicate that particle transport to the wall is the dominant loss mechanism for both charged-particle density and energy. The time-resolved EEDF is found to be non-Maxwellian in the discharge and Maxwellian in the late post-discharge. |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Hopkins , M B & Graham , B 1991 , ' TIME-RESOLVED ELECTRON-ENERGY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION MEASUREMENTS IN A PULSED MAGNETIC MULTIPOLE HYDROGEN DISCHARGE ' Journal of Applied Physics , vol 69 , pp. 3461-3466 . |
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