Instability of a Low-Pressure Hollow-Cathode Discharge in a Magnetic Field

Journal Article · Tue Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2131134· OSTI ID:20718855

Oks, E M ^[1]; Anders, A; Brown, I G ^[2]; Soloshenko, I A; Shchedrin, A I ^[3]

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1. Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademicheskii pr. 4, Tomsk, 634055 (Russian Federation)
2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
3. Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Nauki 144, Kiev, 03039 (Ukraine)

Mechanisms responsible for current oscillations at the ion branch of the probe characteristic are investigated experimentally and theoretically. A comparison between experiment and theory shows that the oscillations in a hollow-cathode discharge in a longitudinal magnetic field are most likely related to the onset of helical instabili0008.

• OSTI ID: 20718855
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 31, Issue 11; Other Information: Translated from Fizika Plazmy, ISSN 0367-2921, 31, 1051-1056 (No. 11, 2005); DOI: 10.1134/1.2131134; (c) 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); TN:; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
GLOW DISCHARGES
HELICAL INSTABILITY
HOLLOW CATHODES
IONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA
PLASMA WAVES